Elgo Estate Wines
Owned by the Taresch family and located high in the hills of Victoria’s Strathbogie Ranges, approximately 125km north east of Melbourne, Elgo Estate is committed to crafting quality wines that reflect and express the climate and characteristics unique to this cool-climate region.
Elgo Estate offers two distinct wine portfolios via the Allira and Elgo Estate labels. All of the wines are 100% estate grown and made from fruit sourced solely from the Estate’s three vineyards located within the region, with vine plantings dating as far back as the early 1970’s. Each wine is carefully nurtured to exhibit a range of flavours, aromas and textures that reflect Elgo Estate’s unique location.
Elgo Estate has created an industry blueprint, being the first winery in Australia (and possibly the world) to generate and be fully self-powered by renewable wind energy. The installation of a 30 metre tall, 150kW wind turbine allows Elgo to save over 400 tonnes of damaging greenhouse gas emissions per year, whilst generating enough electricity to fully power the winery twice over. The excess clean, green energy is fed into the main power grid, enough to power an additional 34 houses. Not to mention the wind turbine also saves 143,000 litres of water per day that would otherwise be required to generate the same amount of power via coal-fire powered electricity sources.
Elgo Estate has adopted a holistic approach to sustainability over the past 10 years through a raft of significant initiatives including the establishment of a 200 acre wildlife sanctuary, land regeneration and tree plantings, state-of-the-art water management and waste recycling. Even Elgo’s sheep have a role to play, eating weeds in the vineyard between harvest and budburst which significantly reduces the need to use tractors, which in turn reduces fossil fuel use.
Elgo Estate goes well beyond being carbon neutral and is truly committed to producing high quality wines that don’t cost the earth.
Tasting and winery tours available by appointment.
Telephone: 03 9328 3766
Address: 2020 Upton Road (gate 1), Upton Hill, VIC 3665
Email: info@elgoestate.com.au
Web: www.elgoestate.com.au
Download Elgo Estate brochure: elgo-estate-presenter.pdf
