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The Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association (CRWGA) represents more than 200 grape growers, producing about 20,000 tonnes of wine grapes a year. The region is renowned for its award-winning Riesling wines as well as its premium red varieties, including Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, and some new stars which include Pinot Gris, Mataro and Tempranillo.

We aim to provide regional grape grower representation at an industry level and facilitate grower needs to ensure the economically and environmentally sustainable production of wine grapes.

Our current strategies focus on grower representation, facilitating relevant viticultural training and workshops, as well as disseminating industry information. The CRWGA endeavours to unify the regions grape growers and to maintain the association’s vision of “Helping Growers Grow”.

The CRWGA is funded by a voluntary levy system for all grape growers in the Clare region which enables the association to carry out its key goals.

One such goal has been the introduction of our GrowCare Clare program which provides growers with a timely pest and disease information service for the region.

The CRWGA also runs several industry workshops and seminars each year, targeting viticultural initiatives that benefit our grape growers in a range of areas including the latest technical information, environmentally sustainable practices and relevant economic and commercial information.

The CRWGA strives to maintain strong links with the Clare Valley Winemakers Incorporated, working together to promote the region and its wines. It is also a member organisation of the Clare Alliance which is a collaboration of the food, wine and tourism industries in the Clare Valley.

Our new website aims to simplify access to the latest releases of GrowCare Clare and keep you aware of upcoming events.

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Visitors are lured to the Clare Valley by the region’s world-class wines and they have high expectations of their wine experience.  With this in mind, the Clare wine industry has launched Clare Valley Rocks, a project which allows tourists to discover the earth beneath the vines.

Wine is a matter of taste, but where does that taste come from?  Well it starts with the rocks and the soil which combined with many other factors in the vineyard, the winery and the history of the bottle, contributes to the goût de terroir of the finished wine.  This French expression describes the characteristic taste and flavor imparted to a wine by the environment in which it is produced.

This project invites visitors to discover how different rocks and soils play a role in the wine you taste.  Visitors are able to pick up a CVR brochure and map at cellar doors throughout the region and explore the 12 interpretive geological sites situated around the Clare Valley, each site displaying a predominant geological feature.  Wine tourists can also visit many wineries in the Clare Valley and find examples of their dominant soil profiles on display which relate directly to the wines that are offered for tasting.  Soil sampling at more than 50 vineyard sites throughout the valley was carried out to provide these profiles.

Project sponsors Clare Valley Winemakers Incorporated and Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association say it is a landmark undertaking, describing the soils and its underlying geology as the foundation of the Clare Valley’s wine industry.

Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association President Troy van Dulken said, from a grape growing perspective, it was great to see what lay underneath the vines and gave visitors to the Clare valley an insight into the enormous variation of soil types and the challenges for growers that brought with it.

“It also underlies the great job that grape growers do, growing amazing quality grapes for the winemakers to turn into liquid expressions of the Clare Valley,” he said.

More detailed information can be found at the Clare Valley Rocks website, including detailed information on the soils, climate and geology of the Clare Valley and its ground water flow.

clarevalleyrocks.com.au

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 Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and Clare Valley Winemakers Incorporated to Unite

A new course is set for the Clare valley wine industry following a successful vote to amalgmated in September.  The Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association and the Clare Valley Winemakers Incorporated both polled more than 80% in favour of the merger and the joint steering committee will continue to work towards incorporation of the new entity by June 2018.

Stuart McNab, form Treasury Wine Estates Chief Supply Officer - Global Wine Production, will be taking up the Chairmanship of the new organisation once the formalities of incorporation are completed.

Clare Region Winegrape Growers Association Committee 2017-18

President: Troy van Dulken
Vice President: Alister Sandow
Treasurer: Peter Burner
Secretary: 
General Committee: Kerry Ward, Leon Schramm, David Cook, David Travers, Bradd Kelly, Kevin Mitchell (CVWI rep)

 

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