Australia Vineyards Presenting and promotion Australian Vineyards and Winemakers Happs Vineyards Happs in Dunsborough has been a popular Western Australian destination since 1978. Visitors are drawn to our mud brick buildings that surround the much photographed garden courtyard, the pottery, the rambling structures of our cellar door and winery, the spreading lawns and the occasional musical event. Our photographic display and museum of older wines is also of interest. However, with all of this we maintain a range of some twenty five to thirty wines freely available for tasting on a daily basis. Apart from that, we think ourselves friendly and unpretentious.... a little rustic, a little earthy perhaps, but happily so. Our fruit is produced in two vineyards. We established 6 hectares in Dunsborough in 1978 and planted a further 30 hectares at our Karridale property THREE HILLS from 1994. Thirty one grape varieties are cultivated. Apart from growing the fruit we perform all stages of the winemaking, bottling and packaging. We have a do it yourself attitude. Our viticultural practices are sensibly organic and minimalist. We favour dry grown vines, low yields and trellises that put the leaves and fruit in the sun for the flavour advantages that ensue. This means that we continue to hand pick our fruit and prune to rods despite the expense. Despite the labour intensive methods we are very efficient, our staff committed, and our wines provide excellent value for money. Situated at the northern end of the Margaret River region, the Dunsborough vineyard is where the grape growing and wine making enterprise began in 1977. Erl had been a High school teacher for seven years and a part time potter for 6. A restless energy kept him going weekends and holidays. Moving to Dunsborough from Vasse was about finding space for the pottery and planting red grapes to make a little bit of wine. The wine industry was generally held to be too capital intensive for men of little means. However the land was cheap at only $8000 and our beach side house had appreciated marvelously over the preceding 8 years. With that capital, it was possible to indulge in the luxury of building ones own house, something that is not possible when the funds come from lenders. The Dunsborough site is sheltered from the westerly winds. The natural vegetation is Jarrah and Marri with an under story of blackboys and drought resistant shrubbery which flowers quite profusely in spring. All these plants and trees are surface feeders, recycling nutrient as it becomes available from the mulch layer. The soils are extremely ancient and heavily leached exhibiting a sandy gravel over dense kaolonitic clays generally within a metre of the surface. Lateritic ironstone perches on the ridges. There is some alluvial wash in the valleys which have been partly filled with clayey sands when the sea was higher than it is today. These soils have taught us the value of mulching. Commonage Rd, Quindalup WA. Phone 618-9755 3300 Fax 618-9755 3846 Website: www.happs.com.au

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