abc.net.au/news/wine-industry-future-proof-varieties-stored-high-security-labs/101685096Your favourite Australian wines will be kept safe from catastrophic events under a plan to securely store samples of the country's most important grape varieties.Samples of the most important grape varieties in Australia will be kept in two high-security labsThe industry is facing another tough season as high rainfall increases disease pressuresdoomsday vault.
National Grapevine Collection coordinator Nick Dry said the samples would be stored inside a high-security facility."The beauty of that collection is it's safe from catastrophic environmental conditions but also any pests and diseases." Mr Dry said libraries of grapevine varieties, clones, and rootstocks that already existed in Australia would also be coordinated as part of the NGC.
She said with a changing climate, choosing varieties was difficult when the vines could be in the ground for decades.