This project is a partnership between Sittella winery and Perth Region NRM to develop winery / vineyard best management practices (BMPs) and a production based software system for the wine industry. The focus is on enabling smaller producers to produce wine in a more sustainable way.
Resource Efficiency for Smaller Wineries
- Perth Region NRM has developed a software package that monitors and manages all aspects of production from the vine to wine. This will be trialled and developed further at the Sittella winery.
- Monitoring of energy and water use in the vineyard and winery to establish energy and water use throughout different production processes is being conducted.
- Soil moisture probes throughout the vineyard will determine the appropriate level of irrigation.
- Workshops will be conducted on-site, though more importantly workshops can be held at any venue of choice as the software system in use at Sittella will be available online with updates on energy and water use updated every 15 minutes.
- A greenhouse gas calculator designed for the wine industry will be developed further and showcased in this project.
Irrigation & Water Resources Article
On the 11th September Perth Region NRM together with WIAWA launched the project at Sittella Winery.
Producing wine impacts on the environment and costs a lot of money. The following series of information sheets provide practical tips on ways to reduce your use of resources like energy, water and other production related materials which will reduce your impact on the environment and save you money.
You can download the information sheets below:
Wine Transfer (PDF 195kB)
Winery Environmental Law (PDF 808kB)
Winery Waste Management (PDF 200kB)
Winery Refrigeration (PDF 345kB)
Winery Hot Water Supply (PDF 195kB)
Winery Water Use (PDF 197kB)
Winery Lighting (PDF 201kB)
Winery Compressed Air Supply (PDF 299kB)
The following information sheets are currently in progress and will be available shortly:
Restaurants and Cellar Door
Wastewater Management Issues
Wastewater Management Best Practise
