FINYARD
FIN
YARD
Our patch of the Yarra Valley. Seven and a half acres of vines, big skies and a lot of life.
Make friends.
Yarra Valley
No irrigation
Home sweet home.
The Finyard is our home in Dixons Creek, in the Yarra Valley on Wurundjeri Country. It sits on a hill in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, looking across vineyards toward forest-covered mountains.
Follow the view from the cellar door down across our vines and you’ll meet Highbow Hill—the remains of an ancient volcano. We love this place.
Four varieties. One hillside.
The vineyard was planted in the early 1990s on its own roots, in grey-red sandy loam over clay. Most vines face south, with a smaller block on a gentle north-facing slope and cooling influence from the nearby hills.
More life. Less control.
Biodiversity is probably the most important part of how we farm.
We dry farm—no irrigation—use organic fertilisers and fungicides, don’t use insecticides, and keep spraying to an absolute minimum. The aim is to encourage as much life as possible in and around the vineyard rather than trying to control every little thing.
We’re continuing to build biodiversity around the farm, replanting the gardens, dam and vineyard edges with species indigenous to the area. That supports native insects, healthier soils and a vineyard that works more like an ecosystem.
Practical, not preachy.
Sustainability starts in the vineyard: farming with biodiversity in mind, dry farming where we can, avoiding insecticides, keeping sprays to a minimum and working with growers who care about the health of their land and what they’re leaving behind for the next generation.
From there, we try to waste less, move things fewer times, reuse what we can and keep intervention in the winery purposeful rather than habitual. We’re not perfect, and we’re always looking for better ways to do things, but the aim is simple: make good wine while leaving as little mess behind as possible.
Better together.
The Finyard is a meeting place for friends and family. We couldn’t do what we do without them. Every year we come together to pick grapes, share a drink and get the job done.
Big love. Fin.
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