How we are funded
BRI has three funding streams: New Zealand Winegrowers' levy, government, and commercial. These work in tandem and enable BRI to leverage levy contributions through strategic partnerships and co-investment, thereby extending its reach and meaning it can deliver outcomes beyond what could be achieved through levy funding alone.
Levy funding
New Zealand Winegrowers is a national organisation for the country's growers and wineries. Established in March 2002, it is the only unified national winegrowers industry body in the world. New Zealand Winegrowers' levy provides funding to support the New Zealand grape and wine industry to remain internationally competitive as the leading producer of premium quality wines. It also ensures BRI retains stable baseline funding and underpins BRI's ability to leverage external co‑funding.
To find out more about New Zealand Winegrowers and the industry, visit nzwine.com.
Government co-funding
BRI applies for Government contestable funding for major, long-term research programmes. BRI currently has two programmes funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries' Sustainable Food and Fibres Fund, Sauvignon Blanc 2.0 and Next Generation Viticulture
In addition, individual wine businesses also co‑invest in our major research programmes. The balance between levy, government and grantor investment varies by programme.
Commercial research services
BRI provides commercial services to New Zealand grape and wine producers and their suppliers. These services build on the types of research being performed at BRI, and currently include grapevine identification testing, nanopore sequencing, viticulture trials, and sensory services and winery trials within our state-of-the-art Research Winery. Commercial revenue is reinvested in industry research, providing another funding stream.
