EXPERT INTERVIEW WITH AVONDALE WINE

To find out more about this fantastic wine tasting, eco-safari and cellar tour,  have a read of our very interesting interview with Avondale Wine.

Q: Please tell us about the history behind Avondale wine, how did it all begin?

A: When the owners’ son, current proprietor Johnathan Grieve joined the farm in 1996, Avondale was a completely conventional farm – using all the normal fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides. For Johnathan, it was intuitive to begin his wine farming endeavour by looking to restore life on this long-used land towards a robust, balanced vineyard ecosystem that would ensure that Avondale would support the lives of future generations.

Q: Why is it important to the business that you are eco-friendly?

A: For Avondale, it is important to be eco-friendly in order to create expressive wines that are unique to the farm and also to ensure a sustainable future.

Q: Is there an obvious favourite wine that visitors prefer?

A: No not at all! Each wine is so different from the other and favoured for different reasons.

Q: Do you have an interesting fact about making wine, that most people wouldn’t know?

A: The aim is to produce expressive wine that is true to Avondale’s terroir, versus the one-dimensional effect of commercial yeast.

Q: Does Avondale Wine have any future plans for development?

A: Avondale is always developing and exploring new concepts to add to the living system and ensure a sustainable future.  We want to expand and continuously build our Biologic system and farm the way mother nature intended.

Thank you very much Caelli for answering our questions, your answers really reflect how passionate Avondale Wine are about making sustainability a key aspect!