Emma Taylor, DeBortoli Wines, Yarra Valley, EcoGrowers participating in the EcoVineyards program

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Emma Taylor
DeBortoli Yarra Valley

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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 …

Michael Griffith, Domaine Chandon Australia, Yarra Valley, EcoGrower participating in the EcoVineyards program

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Michael Griffith
Domaine Chandon Australia

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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 …

Andrew George, Yarra Yering, Yarra Valley, EcoGrower part of the National EcoVineyards program

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Andrew George and Sarah Crowe
Yarra Yering

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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 …

Nicole Esdaile, Centare Vineyard, Yarra Valley, EcoGrower National EcoVineyards Program

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Nicole Esdaile
Centare Vineyard

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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 …