2011 Taltarni Brut, Pyrenees

• Installation of solar power to the roof of the Taltarni winery, in effort to supply cleaner and greener renewable energy
• Conducting native grass trials to reduce our reliance on herbicides and increase our populace of beneficial insects within rows
• Rolling/crimping of cover-crops to reduce fuel usage and compactions and increase soil biology and moisture retention
• Applying natural products, such as seaweed, to the soil and canopy as well as microorganism stimulants to the soil
• Restocking our damns with native fish
• Refraining from using Diuron and Simazine on our property, thereby reducing the impact on ground water
• Regularly monitoring for PD and only spraying when necessary (fresh-hold is reached)
• “Recycling the vines” by mulching/chipping old or unwanted blocks/vines and adding our grape marc plus composted cow manure and home-grown hay to create mulch, which is later put back into the vineyard/block (sustainable)
• Mulching all our poly pipe which is collected from dismantled blocks into manageable piles and later recycled into other products (i.e. plastic posts) via the processor
• Planting 600 – 1,200 native shrubs each year within our vineyard to protect against soil erosion while rehabilitating the surrounding environment (bushland) by increasing wildlife (fauna/flora)
• Taking seriously our guardianship of 500 hectares of bushland, home to many kangaroos, koalas, echidnas and all local wildlife.
• Propagating our own native plants sourced from the Taltarni vineyard, and later replanting them back into the environment within the “insectariums”/blocks/vineyards
• Recycling all our engine oils, which are collected by waste management
• Recycling waste water as irrigation for the paddocks
• Implementing sustainability/self-sufficiency programs to reduce power and water usage in the winery (i.e. the only water used for cleaning and other processes is that which is collected via our roofs and held in our own large water storage facility) 

Taltarni is a proud signatory of the Australian Packaging Covenant (APC), and as such, we’re also reducing the effects of our packaging on the environment.