Farming

Four Reasons We LOVE Cover Crops… And Why You Should Too!

Cover cropping is an increasingly common practice amongst vine growers. Of course it’s definitely not a new practise but it’s one that is coming back in fashion and we’re pretty happy about that!

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WE ARE DONE! Three months of pruning never went so quick!

Cover cropping is an increasingly common practice amongst vine growers. Of course it’s definitely not a new practise but it’s one that is coming back in fashion and we’re pretty happy about that!

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Yarra Junction – a new beginning

The journey of the last 17 years has allowed us to push ideas, work with multiple soils, sites, elevations and planting configurations.
Through many observations and even more mistakes, we now feel we are in a position to be responsible for a total property development, ultimately resulting in better land care and expression. 

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And just like that, the season 2022 comes to a close

The last 12 months have offered us a lot to reflect on. For all our ambitions at Don Valley, we reluctantly had to concede that the deer problem was winning and we committed to a 1km deer fence around the vines. Now the tens of deer that used to snack on our vines just look on like a kid at the tuckshop at lunchtime. Lessons learnt.

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2019 Rieslings

Just released, here’s a wrap-up of our new rieslings… 2019 Spring Riesling Now our fifth release off this our younger vineyard, this for me is the most delicious and balanced texturely spring riesling to date. Although a younger vineyard grown on sandy pink quartz soils, this reflects just how wonderful the Strathbogie Ranges is for wines of […]

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