New Zealand Winegrowers, together with the New Zealand government and industry partners, is using research into how plants adapt to external stress to produce a collection of diverse Sauvignon Blanc vines. Several thousand new vines are being grown and in the future will be screened for key traits using genetic sequencing and nursery trials. The hope is that future local winegrowers will be able to plant new types of locally-developed Sauvignon Blanc vines that improve the resilience, productivity, sustainability and quality of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. In this session, Dr Jamie Goode and Dr Darrell Lizamore discuss the project and its possibilities with Emma Marris of Marisco.