ABOUT US
Yalumba Nursery, established in 1975, is Australia’s most reliable source of quality grafted grapevines.
Yalumba Nursery specialise in:
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variety selection
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clone selection
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rootstock selection
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alternative variety selection
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rootstock and clone evaluation
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importation of new varieties and clones
Yalumba Nursery is an ISO9001:2015 accredited supplier, and we guarantee the quality and integrity of our vines and services.
Our connection with Yalumba Wines provides us and our customers with the opportunity to evaluate new and emerging varieties and clones using small-lot winemaking. Yalumba vineyard managers and winemakers provide invaluable feedback and insights on clone and rootstock performance. This is unique; no other nursery in Australia has access to this level of information. Finally, Yalumba Nursery, as an integral component of Yalumba Wines, has a long-term commitment to the industry.
Yalumba Nursery has developed strong relationships with leading grapevine variety, clone and rootstock selection programmes from around the globe. We are sole distributors of ENTAV-INRA® variety and clone selections in Australia and also distribute IFG (International Fruit Genetics) table grape selections.
To find out how Yalumba Nursery can help you grow your business contact our nursery team at nursery@yalumba.com.
HISTORY
WE NEEDED VINES
We started Yalumba Nursery in 1975 when we needed to replace vines at our Oxford Landing vineyard in the Riverland. We wanted to replant with grafted vines to help combat nematode and salt problems and get yields back up to sustainable levels. Finding quality grafted vine material proved difficult, so we decided to do it ourselves. With that decision Yalumba Nursery was borne. The Yalumba Nursery was first established on the winery grounds in Angaston, moving into a purpose-built facility in 2001. Initially the nursery only supplied the Yalumba vineyards, however soon our growers were asking for our vines and by 1982 Yalumba Nursery was supplying vines commercially.
IMPORTING CLONES
It was around about this time that Yalumba Nursery began its variety and clone importation and selection programme. In the first 10 years of the programme Yalumba Nursery imported and evaluated many, many varieties and there were many, many failures (!), but there have been some obvious success stories including Viognier and the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Bernard clones from Burgundy. It was also during the 1980s that Yalumba Nursery - with the support of the CSIRO - pioneered the hot-water treatment of grafting material and vines and as a result Australia can lay claim to having some of the world's healthiest planting material free of damaging pathogens such as Crown Gall.
TEAM
BETHANY COLLINS
NURSERY MANAGER
Bethany joined the Yalumba Nursery team in May 2023, bringing with her vast experience in viticulture spanning grape supply, viticulture management, technical viticulture, and viticulture research across many regions of South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. Bethany is a passionate manager who draws on a breadth of contemporary viticulture practices with a strong focus on sustainability and holistic environment management, and has viticultural consultative experience across a broad range of geographically and climatically diverse environments, and is adept at working closely with a broad range of customers to deliver tailored solutions.
LINDA MCLEOD
OFFICE MANAGER
Linda McLeod started in the Nursery in June 1994, working between administration and the grafting floor. Since then Linda has remained one of the constants at the Nursery and developed an intimate knowledge of the business. Linda is the first point of call with our customers, and her dual role during vintage in the grape lab at Yalumba's Angaston winery also means that she has detailed knowledge of many of our customers’ needs. Linda is married with two children and six grandchildren. She dreams of a day when she can spend all her time with the grandchildren, but at the moment she works to spoil them all.
GLYNN MUSTER
OXFORD LANDING ESTATE VINEYARD MANAGER & REGIONAL VITICULTURIST
Glynn's career at Yalumba has expanded for a total of 19 years, with over 27 years' experience in warm climate viticulture in the Riverland. In 2013, he took on the role of Oxford Landing Estate Vineyard Manager and Regional Viticulturist. Outside of Glynn managing the vineyard and organising warm climate grape intake, his role has a strong focus on vineyard nursery operations. These include the management of Yalumba's field nursery and overseeing the development of Oxford Landing Estate's germplasm sites. During Glynn's spare time he enjoys overseas travel and 4WD touring with his wife Sarah and close friends.
SIMON SPENCE
YALUMBA CHIEF VITICULTURIST
Simon is Chief Viticulturist for the Hill-Smith Family Estates (Yalumba), based in Angaston in the Barossa Valley. He is responsible for all viticultural production including grape purchasing, Yalumba vineyards, and the Yalumba Nursery. Simon joined the wine Industry more than 25 years ago and has acquired extensive experience across all viticultural disciplines from research and development, clone and rootstock selection through to intensive premium vineyard and environmental management. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, boating and relaxing with his wife Michelle.