Banrock Station is located 200km north-east of Adelaide at Kingston-on-Murray, South Australia. In the early 1800s the region was settled by Europeans whose values and agriculture have led to a decline in the natural capital.

The vineyard is managed using best-practice techniques. Irrigation is applied in response to vine water requirements, which are monitored using 18 ‘Enviroscan’ probes installed in the ground. Patterns of vine water use can be observed on the Vineyard Managers computer, and irrigation is applied accordingly. Recently over a quarter of the vineyard (65 hectares) was converted to subsurface irrigation with the expectation of reducing water usage by up to 30%. This involved replacing over 200km of irrigation line.

In 2002, the Banrock Station vineyard achieved the international environmental management system accreditation, ISO 14001, which implements a systematic approach to setting environmental objectives and targets to improve its overall environmental performance.