Wine makers in Tasmania are going solar and high tech to increase sustainability.
Paul Smart from Wine Tasmania said automated technology was the way of the future for larger vineyards, but it was not essential to make premium wine.
"There are a lot of small producers out there, and they like the hand element, it brings in staff and they're able to put that into their story," Mr Smart said. "There was an over-the-row vineyard tractor that was fully automated, it would learn where to drive in the vineyard, and it was fully autonomous," he said.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Electric bikes to pave green path for online deliveries in bid to reduce emissionsAustralian consumers may soon receive their online purchases faster and via a greener delivery method as retailers look at using pedal power and electric bikes to reduce costs as well as emissions.
Read more »
Barnaby Joyce says coal is all about 'affordable power' for poor AussiesNationals MP Barnaby Joyce is backing a study into a new coal power plant while painting himself as a champion of the poor, so they can have affordable power.
Read more »
Extreme weather hits as 90,000 without power, car crushed in CBDFour people have been hospitalised as trees fall and Sydney experiences widespread flooding. Power has been lost across the city.
Read more »
ASADA set to be granted new powers in move feared to threaten athletes' rightsAustralia's anti-doping body ASADA is set to receive injection of power and authority, but critics say the planned changes risk athletes' already eroded rights.
Read more »
To forgive is a strength, not a weakness, so all power to the Abdallah familyIf our race is to survive and flourish, we need strong forgivers. People who are genuinely able to forgive are not weak, not victims or doormats, but some of the strongest individuals in the moral universe.
Read more »
'Fuel falls from the sky': The solar revolution coming down the roadLong the pursuit of technology geeks and futurists, self-charging electric vehicles available for a mass market may not be too far away.
Read more »