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A long-standing commitment to improving environmental practices has put Tahbilk Winery on track to become carbon neutral, naturally. The winery is already operating under carbon neutral status by buying carbon credits to offset its emissions. A recent count confirmed 97 per cent of the winery’s emission were being offset naturally, that is, without buying external offsets.

“Environment is everything to us,” says Hayley Purbrick. “You can’t help but be connected to the environment around you when you rely on a piece of produce to make something beautiful.”

Tahbilk has its first carbon audit in 2008 and, since 2013, has achieved a net 45 per cent reduction in carbon emissions. Tahbilk’s eco journey started in the mid 1990s and has included various projects, not least of all the native revegetation of 160 hectares on the estate. Solar power and even heat-reflective paint on the restaurant roof are also among the environmental strategies.