Native falcons have been let loose on Brancott’s vineyards, partly to deter the birds that feed on ripening grapes, but mainly to help with the conservation of these predators.

Andy Frost, who won the award as White Winemaker of the Year at the 1997 London International Wine Challenge, has since dedicated himself to research. He has been a member of the steering committee for the Falcons for Grapes project right from the start.

Our Kaituna vineyard was one of the first sites where these falcons were released, after they had disappeared from their natural habitat decades earlier.

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