The Victorian Farmers Federation's Mornington Peninsula Branch has urged local producers and other landholders to hold off on autumn burn-offs.
VFF Peninsula branch president Geoff Coghill said delaying burn-offs would protect grapes from being affected by smoke taint.
"Everyone in our local rural community should be aware of all the commodities that make up the vibrant and significant agricultural output from the Peninsula," Mr Coghill said.
"It's not too much trouble to be considerate of vineyards and to wait another few weeks until after harvest, before you set fire to the piles of fallen trees and branches that landowners have built up over summer."
Fire Restrictions were lifted at 1am on Monday March 15, in many areas.
Mr Coghill said in the next few weeks, nets would be coming off the vineyards and grape picking would start.
Burning wet or green material generated even more smoke.
If the trees had recently fallen, that was even more reason to delay burning the pile.
Main Ridge CFA captain and VFF member Ian Troutbeck said burn-offs must be registered.
"Registering your burn-off ensures that if somebody reports smoke, the incident will be crosschecked with the burn-off register, which will then prevent CFA crews showing up at your door," Mr Troutbeck said.
"When conducting burn-offs, remain alert and always have resources on hand to extinguish the fire."
