In partnership with Forage Built, Yalumba has released the second wine in its Homefullness series. Proceeds from the wine’s sales will go towards establishing Forage Built’s innovative, sustainable housing village to help people experiencing homelessness.
The Hill-Smith Family Estates winery has donated $60,000 to date to Forage Built through sales of its Homefullness Grenache and has a goal of reaching a $90,000 target through the release of the Yalumba Homefullness Barossa Shiraz 2021.
Part proceeds from every bottle of Yalumba Homefullness Barossa Shiraz 2021 contribute towards the $90,000 cost of building one Forage Built Calyx 16: a 16-square-metre transportable, eco- friendly “pod” for someone to call home.
Forage Built co-founder Scott Rogasch said, “There is a desperate shortage of affordable housing in Australia, and this puts significant strain on our existing aid organisations.
“Housing alone is not going to solve homelessness; community will,” said Rogasch.
Forage Built seeks to bring people experiencing homelessness together with appropriate housing, landholders, community support programs, volunteers, meaningful opportunities to work, and private and public funding to truly help break the devastating cycle of homelessness that many people experience.
“Through the configuration and concept of a village, people can start to safely connect with others to form a community, access services and find their way back into permanent housing.
“Since the launch of this project in 2021, we have been working hard with our suppliers to reduce the cost of the pods and raise as much awareness and valuable funds as possible to start the next build,” said Rogasch.
Yalumba senior winemaker Sam Wigan says the Homefullness Shiraz is a lush wine with berry cheesecake, cinnamon and dark chocolate flavours, and is positive the Shiraz will continue the momentum built by the original Homefullness Grenache.
“The Homefullness Grenache has been successful in raising funds and driving awareness and conversation around homelessness in our community,” said Wigan.
