Margan Winery & Restaurant

As farmers, looking after the land for future generations is important to us. Our estate grown-estate made ethos minimises our carbon footprint and contributes to what makes us unique. Margan Wines & Restaurant was formally certified through Sustainable Winegrowers Australia, in 2019. This means we farm in a way that does not deplete natural resources or compromise the land for future generations. Our goal is long term ecological balance. From the very start we have always believed that as farmers and current custodians of this land we have a responsibility to look after it so that future generations will also be able to enjoy it. Our farming practices reflected this. In 2010 we took a more structured and measurable approach to how we farmed our land and developed an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to reduce our impact across all business operations. This has involved a clear and detailed strategy to measure and reduce our emissions via the four basic pillars of sustainability: reduction of greenhouse gases; energy efficiency; waste reduction and water management. In 2013 our EMP became certified under the Freshcare and Winemakers Federation Australia Entwine Program. It benchmarks to the ISO14000 series for International best practice in environmental stewardship. We were the first in the Hunter to achieve this and are considered leaders in this field. This covers all business operations including vineyard, winery, restaurant and hospitality and considers the impact these have on the environment. Data is tracked and reported yearly, as well as stringent auditing from our certifier, Fresh Care every 3 years. In 2019 this accreditation was updated to Sustainable Winegrowers Australia and Freshcare membership. Freshcare are accreditors of the Australian fresh food Industry. Currently we focus on regenerative farming. employ several organic and biodynamic farming practices, but we are not certified. In the vineyard we minimise sprays especially of pesticides and he