Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? I have been working with DeBortoli for a little over two years after completing a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. I gained an interest in viticulture while working on my uncle’s vineyard during my gap year and throughout my agriculture …
Meet the National EcoGrowers 2023 to 2025
Michael Griffith
Domaine Chandon Australia
Tell us in a few sentences about your experience as a viticulturist, how did you arrive here? I’ve been working in vineyards across NSW, Tasmania and Victoria for the last 23 years., Domaine Chandon has been growing grapes and making wine in the Yarra Valley since 1987. Why did you decide to apply to be an EcoGrower, was there something …
Meet the National EcoGrowers 2023 to 2025
Andrew George and Sarah Crowe
Yarra Yering
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 …
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Nicole Esdaile
Centare Vineyard
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 …