Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? We’re a small family farm of 37 hectares of vines, 239 hectares of grazing and 143 hectares of cropping land in Watervale in the Clare Valley. I’ve been involved in grape growing since my folks planted our first vines in 1997. My wife …

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? 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 …

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 …