Juliana has been contract field grafting since 2000. She promised a strike rate of between 95% - 99% subject to all variable factors being in place. She believes top working is an important alternative to replanting and is of great assistance to the Australian grape grower. Her promise was that during the grafting process, with healthy vines, we would expect to lose only one year of fruit production. With the following year, the vines producing up to 3/4 of the average yield, depending on variety, vine vigour and vineyard management.

The staff at Silverstream participated with Juliana by sourcing the budwood required for both varieties, and with good management, we are now 12 months into the operation and looking forward to picking these first grapes in a month or two from now.