Involvement in Sustainable Winegrowing Australia has provided a framework to focus more consciously on sustainable practices and achieve continual improvement in a structured and time-efficient manner.
This case study outlines challenges and innovative solutions in water and wastewater management at the Yarra Yering winery since it joined Sustainable Winegrowing Australia.
Yarra Yering was established by Dr Bailey Carrodus in 1969 at the foot of the Warramate Hills in the Yarra Valley. Crushing up to 200 tonnes of estate-grown fruit only, the Yarra Yering winery is small with minimal staff. As such there is little spare time to commit to maintaining management systems that do not contribute towards running the business efficiently. Sustainable management of time and resources is core to the operations at Yarra Yering and a key driver for business decisions and initiatives.
Yarra Yering has been a vineyard member of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia since 2020 and a winery member since 2021. Sarah Crowe, the CEO and winemaker since 2016, is committed to achieving certification for both the vineyard and winery.
