The governor of NSW has paid a visit to the city's winemakers during a 'virtual tour' of the industry.
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Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley and Dennis Wilson met with wine experts from Charles Sturt University on Friday via Skype.
National Wine and Grape Industry Centre director Professor Leigh Schmidtke and winemaker Johnny Clark represented showcased their involvement in the regional community outreach program in Wagga and Junee.
The program is a collaboration between the university, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and the NSW Wine Industry Association.
"Our research aims to improve vine health and disease management, find solutions to the negative impacts of a changing climate and develop more environmentally friendly methods and products," Professor Schmidtke said.
"Importantly this work is carried through to the bottle in our winery so we can understand how vineyard management practices, disease pressure, and climate impact on grape and wine composition and enjoyment of the final product.
"We're focused on delivering solutions throughout the value chain to reduce costs and improve sustainability."
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Professor Schmidtke said the value NWGIC expertise and Winery facilities came to the fore in the aftermath of the summer bushfires.
"We were pleased to be able to conduct small-scale ferments of smoke affected grapes at the Charles Sturt Winery so growers could make better decisions about the viability of harvesting their grapes.
"Our researchers also took quick action to hand harvest smoke affected grapes for further research to correlate the chemical finger prints of smoke exposure with sensory analysis.
"This will equip industry with more information to manage similar bushfire events in the future," Professor Schmidtke said.