Avonmore Estate Winery on Bio-Dynamic Growing

Avonmore Estate Winery on Bio-Dynamic Growing

Rob and Pauline Bryans bought their 300 acre (120ha) property at Avonmore, 40km north of Bendigo, Victoria, in the mid 80s, at the end of a long drought. The property was the home block of a large grazing and cereals property, had been really flogged out...
The way of the ancients

The way of the ancients

Just as the ancient Egyptians used the appearance of the star Sirius to predict the flooding of the Nile. Rob Bryans knows it doesn’t do to bale hay on a full moon. “That is when the moisture content is highest, so we might cut the hay, but we will pick...
Avonmore inspires the community

Avonmore inspires the community

Avonmore Estate, which has produced bio-dynamic wines for more than 20 years, is now running tractors and other vehicles – and even the vineyard irrigation pump – on locally produced bio-fuel. The winery has inspired the local community to run a trial program on its...
Bio dynamos

Bio dynamos

As more world-class wineries go bio-dynamic, even the skeptics are starting to go au naturel. There are two glasses of Victorian Shiraz in front of me. One is 2005 barrel sample from Avonmore Estate vineyard, located in the hot, flat country north of Bendigo ; the...
Clean and green … and geniune

Clean and green … and geniune

If you’re planning to get into bio-dynamic wines, then you would be well advised to do it for all the right reasons, rather than just looking for monetary gain or niche marketing. Rob and Pauline Bryans, owners of biodynamic wine producer Avonmore Estate, advise not...
Canadian quest ensures they are Avonmore

Canadian quest ensures they are Avonmore

The first export shipment of bio-dynamic red wines produced by Avonmore Estate, near Elmore in the Bendigo wine region, has achieved acclaim in the Canadian market. Our importer in the Province of British Columbia presented our Avonmore Estate 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon...