Days of wine end at Charles Sturt vineyard

Grapes grown at Charles Sturt University (CSU) Orange campus vineyard will no longer be used in the university’s wines, as CSU shuts down its commercial winery operations. A university spokesman announced yesterday it would instead focus on its experimental winery at the national wine and grape industry centre in Wagga Wagga, in response to market pressures and uncertainty around higher education reforms. Professor of food engineering at CSU Wagga Wagga John Mawson said cellar doors would remain open for the foreseeable future.