Winemaking

At harvest, grapes are hand picked into specially designed stackable plastic buckets and poured through an antique crusher-destemmer into one of Dr. Carrodus' extraordinary fermenters, which are essentially stainless steel lined tea chests on wheels. Should cooling be necessary, ice blocks are lowered into these unique fermentation vessels.

Viticulture

At Yarra Yering, approximately 80 acres are planted to cabemet sauvignon, cabemet franc, shiraz, malbec, merlot, petit verdot, pinot noir, semillon, viognier, marsanne, sangiovese and chardonnay as well as the port varieties tinta cao and touriga souza. The vines are pruned to yield no more than 2 tons to the acre. Dr. Carrodus aims for a consistency of quality through obtaining optimal ripeness of the fruit each year.