VinØ - Looking after the land
Wine Tasmania’s VinØ (“VinZero”) program has been developed to measure, improve and report on the management practices of Tasmanian wine producers across the island.
This program ensures that Tasmania’s hard-working grape growers are doing everything they can to produce very high-quality wine, without negative impacts on the environment or local community. VinØ members understand the connection with the land and people and recognise that we are custodians with a responsibility to the future prosperity of Tasmania.
The VinØ program provides a framework on the world’s best possible
practices across each of these critical areas. Tasmanian grape growers
use this framework to monitor, measure, report, benchmark and constantly
improve their practices.
Benefitting from the generosity of McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Association in freely sharing its sustainability program in 2015, the VinØ content has since been adapted to better suit Tasmanian conditions by the Wine Tasmania Technical Committee and is reviewed and updated annually. The VinØ program aligns with the Australian Wine Industry Standard of Sustainable Practice - Viticulture and Winery. VinØ also recognises formal accreditation programs such as Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certification, Australian Certified Organics certification, or Demeter Biodynamic certification, acknowledging that audited certification is a higher standard than the online self-assessment tool.
Wine Tasmania acknowledges the Aboriginal people as the traditional owners of lutruwita (Tasmania), our island home. We pay our respects to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, their Elders past, present and emerging, their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, water and community.