Help Us Save Our Beautiful Planet

About Our Estate

We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It

Heritage Estate’s sustainability practices start in the vineyard where the production of beautiful fruit is a direct result of farming techniques.  From there our manufacture includes use of light weight bottles, brown packaging for bags and boxes.  At the cellar door, we use sustainable heating and cooling using natural methods like large building overhangs and so we do not use air-conditioning.  In our sales we print on both sides of the paper, with production of labels also in-house to ensure exact numbers are printed.

Sustainable Farming and Environmental Measures

The following measures help ensure sustainable farming and environmental capacity.

• Water tanks are attached to all buildings to capture rain water used within the facility.
• Heritage plough through the rows to ensure soil is heaped on the vines and trenches capture the rain to deliver rains to the roots, instead of running off.

• Tempranillo planted in 2019 using recycled posts and irrigation equipment.
• Our cold rooms and fridges are on timers that turn off during the evening when solar is not being used.
• Compost of vine clippings, woodchip, mushroom compost, bull and chicken manure and straw is added to the soil which retains moisture and adds nutrients as well as buries carbon in the soil.

• Landmark soil analysis every year to ensure the missing elements are returned.

• Water wastage further eliminated with Drip (drip, drip) irrigation in every vineyard.

• Solar energy used for all power consumption.
• Wildlife control through Laser (for Bird life) and Fences (for animals).
• Light weight bottles, not printed, brown packaging for bags and boxes. 

New Technology Research

During vintage we use a flotation pump to ensure that juice settling efficiency is maximised. The pump uses nitrogen to saturate the juice, and this forces the pulp to rise to the surface as opposed to time consuming and energy hungry cold settling.

Happening Now

$20,000 Raised

Drought Relief Campaign

Along with Golden Grove Estate and 10 other wineries on the Granite Belt, Heritage Estate has donated $20000 to the charity organisation Drought Assist to help people affected by drough in the Granite Belt.