Sustainability

Gourmet Traveller WINE article – July 2020

Nick Butler recently tasted a bunch of our wines, including our new ‘Villages’ tier and caught up with Mac to hear all about where he’s at.  The result is this great article in GTWine Magazine, published in July. “…Where others focus on vintage and having the best fruit in their vineyard, Forbes’ obsession is with capturing […]

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Introducing our Villages Tier

  For the first time since 2005 we have a new range to introduce you to, our ‘Villages’ tier (pronounced Vi-laj), which will sit between our Single Vineyard and Yarra tiers. You’ll see a number of chardonnay and pinot wines under the new Villages label. While we acknowledge ‘Villages’ is not a new concept, it is an […]

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Villages Wines Subregional Info & Tasting Notes

Yarra Valley Overview The Yarra Valley is a unique cool climate region. No one soil type, aspect or climate. The Yarra however possesses the thumbprint of stunningly pure wines of medium body with lifted perfume and firm detailed structure.  For some time, the simple breakdown of Yarra regions has been the Upper and Lower Yarra […]

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Harvest 2020 has started!

Sunday 1st March marked the start of our 2020 harvest! Once again our most southerly vineyard in Gladysdale won line honours. We kicked this year off with a wonderful ‘Friends and Family Day’ followed by a BBQ lunch and a glass in the vines. It was a cracking way to start. Thank you to all […]

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2018 Single Vineyard Release…

It’s all about Chardonnay…! Our release this month of the 2018 Single Vineyard Chardonnays and Pinots will be a little different to our usual Pinot-dominant offering. For the first time, the number of Single Vineyard Chardonnays will outnumber its more fancied sibling, Pinot Noir. This has led us to refocus our consideration of  soils and […]

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