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Overview

Our technologically advanced high capacity winery operates year round. We are an industry leader; the winery is licensed to process 35,000 tons annually, with a storage capacity of a respectable 22 million litres. We have potential capacity to expand to 50 million litres.


Our vineyard operators, managers and third party contractors are able to supply wine grapes with over 2,700 hectares under vine.


We grow and source premium wine and grapes from some of Australia’s most iconic wine regions, including the revered South Australian regions of the Barossa Valley, the Adelaide Hills, the Coonawarra, Eden Valley Clare Valley and McLaren Vale.


Winemaking has been around for thousands of years. It is a skilful craft, where the winemaker walks the tightrope on balancing art and science. It is a natural process that requires little human intervention; however, each winemaker guides the process through different techniques.

Harvesting

Harvesting can be done by hand or mechanically. Many wine makers prefer to harvest by hand because mechanical harvesting can be tough on the grapes and the vineyard.

Crushing & Pressing

For many years, men and women did this manually by stomping the grapes with their feet. Nowadays, most wine makers perform this mechanically, mechanical presses stomp or trod the grapes into freshly pressed grape juice that contains the skins, seeds, and solids.

Fermentation

After crushing and pressing, fermentation comes into play and juice can begin fermenting naturally within 6‐12 hours, when aided with wild yeasts in the air.

Clarification & Fining

Once fermentation is complete, clarification begins. Clarification is the process in which solids such as obsolete yeast cells, tannins, and proteins are removed. Wine is transferred or “racked” into a different vessel, such as an oak barrel or a stainless steel tank, where it is then clarified through fining or filtration.

Aging the Wine

Aging and bottling is the final stage of the wine making process. Here the winemaker has two options: bottle the wine right away or give the wine additional aging, further aging can be done in the bottles, or oak barrels.

Preserving the Wine

Science and technology of bottling is a critical path for wine destined to age in a bottle. This is often the last process in the winemaking chain. Our completely automatic filling line is separate to the oxygen pickup.

The

Region

Uniquely South Australian


South Australia is uniquely rich with its diverse grape production region, from dry desert planes, through to mountainous cool climate secluded valleys and grassy knoll filled landscape, and to brilliantly manicured vineyard filled hills with backdrop of beautiful Southern Ocean.


Adelaide is a business hub of the Australian wine industry and one of the top 10 most livable cities in the world.


It is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine, with its variable climate zones, altitudes and variable soil types that produce remarkable wines.

Please contact Alexander for further information or requests.

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Pegasus Fields Estate
Suite 102 / 112 Talavara Rd, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia

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