Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? The vineyard has been in our family for over 110 years, and we are the 4th generation that has farmed our land. In addition to growing grapes, the property has previously had sheep, cattle, dairy, grain and more recently cut flowers. Irrigation has …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? After arriving in Australia from Scotland in 2006, it didn’t take long for my wife and I to develop a keen interest in the wine industry and our beautiful, South Australian wine regions. Not knowing many people in Adelaide, we spent our first …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? The last 20 years in viticulture has been wonderful exploration, after my first 20 years as an engineer in Oil & Gas production. Viticulture and producing wine, provides a rare opportunity to combine both science and art. Each vintage is a project within …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? After I left high school I went to Dookie College, where I did Production Horticulture specialising in Viticulture. Not long after finishing my course I got my first job at Yeringberg where I worked for 13 years, I was briefly at Seville Estate …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? Wines by KT (Kerri Thompson and Brendan Pudney) have been contracted to Skillogalee Estate to manage the Viticulture and Winemaking since June 2021 and the EcoVineyards project has been included as part of this management. Between the two of us we share 5 …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? I have been a viticulturist for close to 30 years. I’ve worked on the Mornington Peninsula and the Yarra Valley and have visited many different regions around the world. Nothing beats the Mornington Peninsula lifestyle. Why did you decide to apply to be …
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? I’m actually a winemaker & consultant rather than a viticulturalist but engaged via Wine Network Consulting by the owner of Centare Vineyard, Simon Li, when he purchased the property in 2018. The property had an existing vineyard – with ‘Old Block’ vines that …
The National EcoVineyards Program features in the May issue of Wine Australia’s Research and Innovation News and will be published as part of the next R&D at Work in the June Grapegrower and Winemaker
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Vale Ben Mitchell Ben Mitchell passed way in March 2024 after a short illness. He joined the EcoVineyards family as an EcoGrower for Taylors Wines in July 2022 and later moving on to work at Paulett Wines. Ben was a well-respected viticulturist from the Clare Valley, with a passion for reducing the use of synthetic pesticides, reducing our carbon footprint, and …