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Harvesting Grapes at Sugarloaf Creek Vineyard with a Machine harvester

Vineyards & Winemaking

Best’s Wines is celebrated for its rich vineyard resources in Victoria’s Great Western. Get to know our vineyards and winemaking techniques with this in depth post.

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5 Things you need to know about Pruning a Grapevine

As the weather turns colder the focus turns to the vineyard to prune whilst the vines are dormant. The following is a list of the five main things you need to know.

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The World’s Oldest Pinot Noir Vines?

We’re putting the question out there, does Best’s Wines in Great Western have the world’s oldest Pinot Noir vines? With our vineyard planted in 1868 there’s certainly some pedigree at play.

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The Best Family

Learn about the history of the Best family and Great Western from Viv Thomson.

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Pinot Meunier vs Pinot Noir

Viv Thomson shines a light on Pinot Meunier – one of the oldest varieties growing in our vineyard – and explains the differences between this grape and its close relative Pinot Noir.

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Best’s named Young Gun of Wine Inaugural Old Vineyard of the Year

For more than 150 years we’ve proudly produced world-class wines in Victoria’s Great Western region. Planted in 1868, the vines at our Concongella vineyard are some of the oldest surviving pre-phylloxera wines in the world.

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100 Years of the Thomson Family

The Australian wine industry is rich in family histories that weave together to create a unique story about Australian wine. There are many family-owned wineries that remain in family hands, with the fourth, fifth or even sixth generations.

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2021 Concongella Blanc

Made from Henry Best’s first plantings at our Concongella vineyard, the historic Nursery Block is a veritable vineyard museum with 39 separate varieties, eight remaining unknown and unnamed to this day. This is a wine that speaks more about history, soil and place than variety, a unique expression of our Australian wine heritage.

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