Biodiversity In Our Vineyards
Since converting to organic practices over two decades ago, we’ve focused on creating an environment where wildlife, insects, and plants can flourish alongside our vines. A rich, balanced ecosystem supports healthier grapes, reduces the need for intervention, and contributes to wines that truly reflect the character of our land.
Encouraging Wildlife
We’ve introduced a wide range of habitats across the vineyard to support local biodiversity. Wildflower meadows, long grass margins, and untrimmed hedgerows offer food and shelter for birds, insects, and small mammals.
Healthy soil is a key part of this ecosystem. By nurturing living soils full of organic matter, fungi, and microbes, we create a strong foundation that supports not only our vines but a whole web of life. In turn, this diversity helps us manage pests and diseases naturally, reducing the need for any outside inputs.
Nesting boxes have been installed for birds of prey and owls, and we’ve been lucky enough to see kestrels and barn owls successfully raise chicks here in recent years.
These habitats don’t just look beautiful – they play a vital role in natural pest control and pollination, helping us farm more in harmony with nature.
Working with nature
We avoid synthetic fertilisers and sprays, which disrupt the balance of life in the vineyard and focus instead on composting, cover crops, and minimal tillage to nurture the soil and encourage life underground.
For us, biodiversity isn’t just a philosophy - it’s how we farm. By working with nature, instead of trying to control it, we’re creating wines that are not only expressive and full of character, but deeply connected to the land they come from.
