1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? In 2006, although the vineyard was still producing quality fruit, I noticed that there was a lack of resilience that resulted in the death of some vines during a particularly savage season of frosts. This prompted myself and viticulturist Mary Kennedy to investigate other management techniques to improve the vineyard. As …

1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? I have fond memories as a child in winter school holidays jumping ahead in the vine rows and creating “fairy spots” for my parents by pruning a panel or two for them.  I officially started in the wine industry in the early 90’s at Padthaway, moved on to Mt Benson and …

1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? I have been involved in grape growing for about 35 years. After studying Agricultural Science, I worked as a research officer with a large multinational chemical company for 8 years. Some of the work was in vineyards evaluating new chemistry for fungal disease and insect control – this was my first …

1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? I have been managing the Vineyards for Patrick Of Coonawarra for the last 5 years, prior to that the roles which I held have been more Corporate or engineering type of roles. Through various work situations and other learnings, I am very keen to reduce the amount of human intervention, and …

1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? I grew up around viticulture as my father was a viticulture consultant and founding viticulture lecturer at the former Riverina College of Advanced Education. This upbringing led me to study both Geology and Viticulture at university and I now have over 10 years experience in Vineyard Management. I have always pursued …

1. Tell us about your experience in grape growing? I am the General Manager – Vineyards for Katnook Estate in Coonawarra. For the past 10 years we have played an active role in rejuvenating Coonawarra by way of vineyard replanting and some small areas for native plants. Before my current role I worked at Wingara Wine Group (Deakin Estate) in …