Fin Wines is located on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and culture. We pay respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

We pay our respect to the Traditional Owners of all the Aboriginal countries across Australia from where we source our fruit and ingredients.

Fin Wines, a fermentation collective, launched in January 2020 with a range of wines, ciders and piquettes. Fin Wines is producing young, fresh and most importantly fun drinks with an emphasis on drinkability. We are doing this a very lo-fi way in terms of minimal additions, no filtering, spontaneous fermentation, with minimal faffing in the winery.

We are situated in Dixons Creek, Yarra Valley, Wurundjeri Country. We are blessed to be custodians of 10 acres which we aim to farm in the most sustainable way possible, preserving soils for future generations and preserving biodiversity.

The vineyard was planted in the early 90's on its own rootstock, on grey-red sandy loam over clay. The vineyard is mostly on a south facing slope, with a small area at the southern end of the vineyard, on a gentle north facing slope. There are also cooling effects from nearby hills.

Up until we inherited the farm January 2021, the vineyard was farmed without the use of fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides - practices we are continuing. The resulting soil is full of life, and is rich and dark in colour as a result of plenty of humus and organic matter. Compost teas, fish oil, seaweed extract and humate are applied to feed and nurture a healthy and diverse range of soil organisms and grass species, which in turn release nutrients into the soil to feed the vines, improve soil condition and fruit quality, cultivate natural and healthy grapes.

We are working on building biodiversity around the farm by replanting the gardens, the dam and around the vineyard with species of plants that are indigenous to the area, supporting native insect population which in turn will also prey on pests in the vineyard.

Box Grove Vineyard is farmed by the wonderful Sarah Gough, up in Nagambie Lakes, Goulburn Valley, Taungurung Country. Sarah and her vineyard are a source of great inspiration to us. Sarah's approach to wine and farming is inquisitive, creative and always moving. Sarah's philosophy is to tread as lightly as possible in the vineyard. "It is my philosophy in both the vineyard and winery to tread as lightly as we can. In the vineyard we make our own compost to improve soil structure and work with the vines natural growth habits to create canopies for shade and air flow, to avoid the use of sprays and chemicals" - Sarah Gough

Sarah has also been planting natives to encourage indigenous and beneficial insects. Native wasps being great at keeping caterpillar numbers under control in the vineyard. Biodynamic preps and compost are being made on site, to be used on the vineyard. Sarah is also grafting varieties better suited to the climate in Tabilk. The vineyard was once mainly Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Roussane. Now there are dozens of varieties hailing from warmer regions of Spain, Italy and Portugal. From Box Grove we are blessed to work with Garnacha, Pinot Gris, Roussane, Vermentino, Nebbiolo, Arinto, Shiraz, Mataro and many more.