Chalmers Nursery
The Chalmers family operated Chalmers Nurseries from their Euston NSW site from 1989 until 2008. During that time they were one of Australia’s largest wholesale vine nurseries supplying quality grafted vines across Australia.
Bruce and Jenni’s original vine propagation business, Chalmers Nurseries was responsible for importing around 70 mostly Italian grapevine clones and varieties through associations with VCR and Matura in Italy for whom Chalmers are the Australian agents. These selections were introduced to Australia in 2000 and have been a major factor in the diversification and improvements in sustainability and quality seen in the Australian wine industry in the last 15 years.
In 2009 and 2010 Chalmers established source blocks in both Heathcote and Merbein of these varieties and clones. In 2011 they initiated a second round of imports, this time focused mainly on Italian white varieties, which were released from quarantine in 2015 and added to the Merbein source block.
Since 2017 Chalmers have been operating a boutique nursery service at their Merbein property, once again supplying grafted vines, rootlings and cuttings to the Australian wine industry. They are focusing mostly with their own imported varieties but are happy to take orders for other varieties upon request. The focus at Chalmers is on super high quality planting material, superior clonal selections, precise rootstock matching and vine DNA/health integrity.
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