Roles and activities

Wine Grape Growers Australia (WGGA) is the peak industry body for Australia’s winegrape growers.  It has the following principal roles:

• Engage with growers actively to develop relevant policies and provide information to aid grower decision-making.
• Set and drive the national winegrape sector agenda.
• Drive winegrape sector and whole-of-industry strategies to deliver grower profitability and sustainability.
• Drive culture change in the wine industry that reinforces and enhances the position of the sector and its growers, by developing effective collaborative industry relationships.
• Facilitate improved resources for growers by delivering programs for the sector and valued services to WGGA members.

Its key activities are:

• National government and industry advocacy on behalf of wine grape growers and the wine grape sector.
• Strategic planning and policy development, and implementation of national strategies for the wine grape sector.
• Provision of information for winegrape growers.
• Development and maintenance of collaborative industry sector relationships.
• Development and custodianship of industry codes of practice.
• Industry R&D program directions and oversight.
• National vineyard bio-security.
• Member service delivery.

The organisation is funded by grapegrowers either through individual memberships or via a proportion of the levy paid to their state grower organisation.

Find out more about membership of WGGA