Wine and wine making

Subject guide

This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.

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Subject web links

 

Associations

Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers

Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation

Australian Wine Research Institute

Cooperative Research Centre for Viticulture

NSW Wine Industry Association

National Wine Centre of Australia

      Winemakers’ Federation of Australia

 

Links     

Australian wine carbon calculator

and other environment resources provided by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia

Origins and ancient history of wines

Provided by the University of Pennsylvania

Tourism and hospitality

TAFE Studylinks

Viticulture and oenology
Compiled by the library of the University of Adelaide

Wine Pros archive (Australia)

Buy wine, wine reviews, red wine ratings

Winebiz
Australia's wine industry portal by winetitles

Wine business.com

 

Government information & statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources. Allows for the creation of local area profiles.

Catalogue numbers:

1329.0             Australian wine and grape industry, 2009
1329.0.55.001 Vineyards estimates, Australia, Preliminary, 2006-07
1329.0.55.002 Vineyards estimates, Australia, 2008-09
1329.0.55.003 Australian grape crush & wine production, 2008-09

8504.0              Shipments of Wine and Brandy in Australia by Australian Winemakers

                          and Importers (monthly)

Click on Downloads to access the PDF full-text documents.

 

Grape & Wine Research & Development Corporation

NSW wine industry profile [PDF]

Wine policy and the wine industry fact sheet

Provided by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

 

Legislation and standards

Agricultural Industry Services (Wine Grapes Marketing Board) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)

Includes copies of all national and government statutes

Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

Provided in ComLaw

Australian wine industry - code of conduct

Agreement signed by the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia and Wine Grape Growers’ Australia in December 2008

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (bi-national government agency)

e.g. Standard 4.5.1 - Wine production requirements (Australia only)

Wine industry: code of practice for workplace health and safety

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   eJournals, eBooks & online videos

   

eJournals

 

Subscription journals

 

Freely available journals

 

Winestate (Australian)

For the entire list of free journals go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which provides access to over 100 free online journals on business and economics.

 

EBSCOhost

Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DET username and password.

ANZRC


Business Source Premier

        

Gale Cengage Learning

Click the link to the databases or of one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET username and password.

Gale databases

 

Wiley eJournals

The following eJournal is only available for Ryde students and staff. Click the link and then type the name of the journal into the search box. Tick the journals radio button and submit your search.

From home you are required to log on using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username.

 

eBooks

Free eBooks

Organic viticulture: an Australian manual

     

      Oz water into wine

Free historical eBooks covering history of winemaking in Australia and overseas

 

Online videos

TVNews

Log in to TVNews or to the following videos using your DET username and password.

Journey through Burgundy: Global Village journeys through Burgundy and examines its history and its red wine making tradition (Incl. recipes from the region):

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   Databases covering wine and wine making subjects

Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.

Name Description Access
ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources. Allows for the creation of local area profiles.

http://www.abs.gov.au/

Freely available
ANZRC Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered. DET username and password required.
Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier (BSP)is one of the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

DET username and password required.
Gale databases Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the Culinary Arts Collection and Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection.

DET username and password required.

Hospitality & Tourism Complete

Hospitality & Tourism Complete (HTC) covers research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 700,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. Full text is available for more than 440 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.

DET username and password required.
MarketLine

MarketLine offers a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information. MarketLine products include:

  • Wine industry profiles for Australia and other countries world-wide
  • International and Australian company profiles e.g. Prince Hill Wines Limited, Australian Vintage Limited, Casella Wines
  • Country profiles presenting easy-to-digest summaries and standardized data
  • News, comment and analysis on the latest business developments

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).

TVNews

TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline, Global Village and all the major news broadcasts.

DET username and password required.

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   Catalogue

The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.

Subject headings

Catalogue links to some wine and wine making subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.

  Vineyards -- Australia Wine industry
  Vintners -- Australia -- Biography Wine service
  Viticulture Wine tasting
  Wine and wine making Wine tourism
  Wine and wine making -- Australia -- History Wineries
  Wine and wine making -- Equipment and supplies Wineries -- Australia

 

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Last updated: 04.02.2010