Spot Market
How can I buy grapes on the spot market?

Your company can buy grapes on the Spot Market in 3 easy steps:



Step 1 Register Your Company on VineAccess
The first step is to register your company with VineAccess at the ‘Spot Buyer’, ‘Small Winery’ or ‘Winery’ subscription level. There is a simple, easy to follow registration wizard that will guide you through this process. It takes about 5 minutes to register.

To register your company Click here or click the continue button below.

Step 2 Register interest in selected Spot Market grapes
Once you have registered your company, you will be able to register interest in your selected Spot Market grapes by:
  • Logging on to VineAccess
  • Search for grapes to meet your specification
  • Click on the grapes for further details
  • Click ‘Submit’ Button
  • Nominate a field assessment date and time.
An email will be sent to the grower to notify them of your request and interest in their fruit, and provide contact details.

Step 3 Submit a bid for Spot market grapes
To purchase Spot Market grapes, you can submit an initial bid price and a maximum bid price. VineAccess will inform the grower that a bid has been made.

When the grower accepts the bid, a contract between the grower and buyer is formed and the fruit will be removed from the Spot Market and will appear as purchased fruit under your company login.

If your initial bid price is outbid by another buyer, the system will automatically increase your bid to one dollar above the competing bid, up to your maximum bid price. VineAccess will inform you if your bid has been outbid by another buyer.



What does it cost?
Searching for grapes on the VineAccess Spot Market is a free service. To buy grapes on the Spot Market, you will need to register your company as a ‘Spot Buyer’, ‘Small Winery’ or ‘Winery’. Registration enables you to:
  • Identify the grower/s with spot grapes available for sale
  • Make field assessment bookings to inspect spot grapes
  • Bid to purchase spot grapes
  • Unlimited company users of VineAccess
  • Technical support via email or telephone.
In addition to this, ‘Small Winery’ and ‘Winery’ registration enables you to:

Small Winery
This level of registration is an annual subscription for $999 + GST ($1,098.90 incl. GST). In addition to the above, ‘Small Winery’ subscription enables you to:

  • List and sell any excess grapes via the Spot Market
  • Communicate and share information online with spot market growers for up-to-date spray diaries, estimated harvest dates, forecasts and test results
It also provides a comprehensive vineyard management system with spray diaries, forecasting, budgeting, and activity planning and scheduling tools. There are 30 hectares included, with each additional hectare charged at $8/annum + GST. VineAccess also enables you to publish the availability of company harvesters, crushers and trucks to internal users and manage bookings online, as well as providing consolidated reporting on company owned and spot fruit.

Winery
This level of registration is an annual subscription for $4,999 + GST ($5,498.90 incl. GST). It includes all benefits outlined in ‘Small Winery’ plus the ability to set up and manage contracts with growers, and share and request information with them. This includes spray diaries, estimated harvest dates, forecasts and test results and the ability to request updates. There are 50 contract growers included, with each additional grower charged at $50/annum + GST. The system provides consolidated reporting on company owned, spot and contract fruit.

Register now.