Sustainability at Langmeil
Sustainability is a core value at Langmeil, focused on ensuring a thriving tomorrow. By integrating sustainable practices in viticulture, winemaking, and business, we minimize environmental impact and enhance social and economic well-being. This philosophy guides every step, from nurturing vineyards to crafting wines, ensuring a sustainable future for our community and the Barossa region.
Cover Crops
- Permanent swards in Langmeil Winery’s vineyards
- Protect the soil and prevent erosion
- Suppress weeds negating the need for herbicide and leaving the ground bare
- Provide nutrition
- Support integrated pest management by increasing biodiversity, supporting pest predators and providing a natural nutrient cycling system enhancing soil and vine health.
Grape Growers
- Langmeil Winery is supplied by family-owned grape growers, including ‘Environmental Champions of Barossa’ Sam Dahlitz, Evan Gobell and Anthony Scholz, and twelve of our grape growers are SWA-certified.
- Growers who have adopted the Barossa Grape & Wine Association’s ‘Creating Resilient Landscapes in Barossa’ strategy.
Grape Marc
- Distilled for ethanol with the seeds used in grapeseed oil products
- Residual waste converted into garden mulch with the stalks composted
LED Lighting
- Replacement of traditional lighting with LED lighting at Langmeil Winery
- Free of harmful gas
- Energy efficient
- Last up to ten times longer
- Up to 90% less heat reducing cooling needs
- Estimated annual energy saving 14,814 kWh
- Estimated carbon abatement 17,777 kg
Packaging
- Barossa bottle 23% lighter than the previous bottle
- Removes 2.04 kg of glass per dozen bottles from the supply chain
- Saves an estimated 100g of CO2 emissions per bottle from packaging production and transportation
Solar Power
- Installation of a 99.12 kW solar system at
- Langmeil Winery
- Renewable energy source
- Estimated reduction in total grid power consumption 62.2%
Wastewater
- 900,000L of rainwater storage to reduce the Langmeil Winery’s mains water usage
- Winery wastewater processed and treated for use as irrigation water
Watercourse Management
- Revegetation of the North Para River bordering Langmeil Winery
- Native habitat restoration via the removal of exotic woods and other weeds in the riparian zone and revegetation with native plants
- Decreased erosion through revegetation of banks and in-stream structures
- Improved water quality through reduced amounts of soil and nutrients flowing into the watercourse
- Healthy aquatic and land-based ecosystems
- Decreased insect pest damage to pastures and crops by providing habitat for insect-eating birds and insect parasites
- Wildlife corridors