The 2017 Wine Industry IMPACT Award's saw a 70% increase in nominations cementing it as a highly valuable, robust and worthy competition. This awards initiative is the only one of its type in Australia dedicated to recognising the important relationship between grape and wine producers and their supply sector. This link is critical for Australia's grape and wine community to nuture so as to ensure it maintains a world leading reputation for innovation and sustainability driving jobs and economic activity.
The 2017 finalists were diverse in their offering and demonstrated a range of solutions from across the value chain to deliver improved capability and competitiveness for Australian grape and wine producers.
Categories:
- Grape Growing
- Winemaking
- Packaging
- Engineering
- Distribution & Logistics
- Marketing & Communications
- Tourism
- Startup
2017 Bentleys SA Grape Growing Award Finalist
Developers of hydraulic shears that enable precision removal of vines where disease or new grafting is required to rebuild vineyards to meet the demands of industry.
2017 Bentleys SA Grape Growing Award Finalist
Developed specialist skills in drone sourced aerial imagery and data tailored to aid in the implementation of precision viticulture and deliver higher returns for growers.
2017 DW Fox Tucker Lawyers Winemaking Award Finalist
Developer of a multifaceted strategy to prodcue higher quality wines while meeting consumer demands for lower sulphur dioxide content.
2017 DW Fox Tucker Winemaking Award Finalist
Partnered with the Australian Wine Research Institute to manufacture "next generation" hybrid yeasts to help winemakers influence the flavour and complexity of wines.
2017 Pernod Ricard Winemakers Engineering Award Finalist
Presented a joint case study of innovative and environmentally friendly voltage stabilising systems to minimise energy costs while bringing new levels of power supply security and reliability to the winery operations in Western Australia.
2017 Pernod Ricard Winemakers Engineering Award Finalist
Highlighted a joint project that saw a new innovative solar inverter technology solution to halve the annual costs of electricity while contributing to the environmental sustainability of the Coonawarra winery.
2017 Australian Vintage Ltd Packaging Award Finalist
Co-nominated with Wines by Geoff Hardy to demonstrate the impact of an innovative cloud-based software platform solution specifying and managing bottling and packaging with real time supply chain collaboration.
2017 Australian Vintage Ltd Packaging Award Finalist
Introduced beautifully crafted and cost efficient digital imagery to its printing and packaging processes, reducing MOQ's and improving lead times to "deliver on the promise of what's inside" no matter the size of the production run.
2017 MGA Insurance Brokers Distribution & Logistics Award Finalist
Introduced advanced efficiencies in storage, distribution and globabl logistics to significantly enhance grape and wine supply chain partnerships, specifically focused on the Mildura regional intermodal hub.
2017 MGA Insurance Brokers Distribution & Logistics Award Finalist
Providing tailored and integrated supply chain management solutions for a broad base of Austrlaina wine producing clients, while also highlighting a recent program to improve energy monitoring, usage, client visibility and sustainability.
2017 Australia's Wine Business Magazine Marketing & Communications Award Finalist
Launched Winedata.com.au a multi-media tool kit with applications ranging from dynamic product fact sheets to distinctive branding, customised web pages, social media profiling and quality image and video management to maximise consumer awareness and sales.
2017 Australia's Wine Business Magazine Marketing & Communications Award Finalis
Worked together with Chapel Hill Wines to develop a dynamic and interactive virtual tour of the vineyards and winery providing unique experiences for visitors ato better understand place and improve educational engagement and ultimately sales.
2017 AV Plus Tourism Award Finalist
An Australian owned booking platform that has introduced new marketing and consumer awareness dynamics and unique experiences along with distribution strategies allowing wineries to become more capable and competitive in the wine and tourism sectors.
2017 AV Plus Tourism Award Finalist
A regional wine room business model delivering benefits for consumers and brands without without the capability of a cellar door. It promotes awareness and competitiveness for the Eden Valley wine region through shared service while showcasing a range of wine experiences under the one roof.
2017 Harding Wealth Management Startup Award Finalist
Providing software solutions with patented analytical decisions platforms and advanced modelling enabled by artificial intelligence optimisation to improve production across the full grape and wine supply chain.
2017 Harding Wealth Management Startup Award Finalist
Advancing drone technology for precise, cost effective imately allowing growers and vineyard managers to interpret and act in issues including disease detection, irrigation and nutrient management, yield prediction and harvest planning.
