Sustainability

This month, I’ve been focused on a topic very close to the heart of Cape Jaffa Wines; sustainability and have begun the process of gaining Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certification.

Becoming certified will recognise and strengthen how we care for the environment, our community, and the people we work alongside. It’s a program designed to support grape growers and winemakers in taking a closer look at their environmental, social, and economic practices and to continue to find ways to improve.

For me, this feels like a very natural next step. Sustainability has always been at the heart of what we do here at Cape Jaffa Wines; from our pioneering biodynamic beginnings in the Mount Benson wine region, we still take the same minimal-intervention approach today. We believe its about working with the environment, not against it. Certification is simply another way to ensure we’re caring for our land and its future; the best we can.

In the barrel hall meanwhile, Marc and I have been tasting our way through our Chardonnay, checking in to see how it’s coming along. It always involves a waiting game, with quiet observation rewarded. I often say; Chardonnay requires patience; good things come to those who wait.

There’s a few other new things in the pipeline too, though I can’t give too much away. You’ll have to wait to see what’s on our horizon…

Cheers,

Anna | Winemaker, Cape Jaffa Wines

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