Langhorne Creek
South Australia
08 8537 0600
Welcome to Project Wine
Established in 2001, Project Wine is a state of the art Grape Processing, Winemaking and Storage facility. The Winery is strategically located less than one hour from some of South Australia’s best known wine regions, including Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek, and less than two hours from the Limestone Coast and Barossa Valley.
Carefully selected, premium fruit is sourced from various regions across South Australia, offering quality and flexibility to winemakers and clients. We supply a range of bulk wine varieties and styles, tailored to suit the individual needs of small, medium and large domestic and international customers.
Our Services
Project Wine offers an extensive range of services, catering for the small grape grower and the larger wine business alike.
PROCESSING
Modern facilities and an experienced team, ensure processing is carried out efficiently and to client's exact specifications.
• Weighbridge with the capacity to weigh up to 60 tonnes
• Grape receival facilities to suit: tip trucks; side-tipping bins; rotating-head forklifts (for 2.5 tonne bins).
• Two 25 tonne and two 30 tonne Taylor Receival bins
• The ability to Whole Bunch press
• Three 50 tonne, two 35 tonne and one 8 tonne Diemme Air-bag presses
• Red ferment capacity of 1,775 tonnes per cycle, with;
- 6 x 5 tonne Open Fermenters
- 8 x 15 tonne Potters
- 25 x 25 tonne Static Fermenters
- 12 x 50 tonne Sweeping Arm
- 8 x 50 tonne Rotary• Centrifuge, Cross Flow Filtration, Earth filtration and RDV capabilities
• HACCP Accredited
• NASAA Certified Organic - contract processing of certified organic grapes
WINE MAKING
The wine making team, take pride in their attention to detail and the strong relationships fostered with clients, understanding that each client has individual requests and requirements.
• Wine making consulting:
- 4 experienced full time winemakers on site• Planning and Logistics
• Wine Trials including:
- Fining
- Blending
- Additions• Three fully serviced 18 m² Tasting Rooms
• Fully integrated Ezywine program
• Administration facilities for visiting winemakers
STORAGE
Wine storage is available for all clients, facilities include:
• Bulk storage capacity: over 13 million litres
• Tank sizes ranging from 1,500 to 138,000 litres
• Insulated Barrel storage for approximately 3,500 barrels
LABORATORY ANALYSIS
The modern Laboratory provides a large range of analytical services for both in-house and contract clients, including:
• Grape Maturity testing
• Latest analytical technology:
- Anton Paar Automated Alcolyzer for alcohol determination
- Mettler Toledo T50 Automated pH/TA meter
- Steroglass Hyperlab Plus: a fully automated enzymatic analysis unit capable of testing for:
Malolactic Fermentation
Acetic Acid
Glucose/fructose levels in ferments and finished wines
YAN (Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen)• Equipped for one off tests
- Sulphur content
- Wine protein stability
- Rapid cold stability (conductivity) testing
- Bentonite fining trials
- Enzymatic analysis
- Reducing sugars• Facilitate export certification
- VI1 certificates
- Continuing Approval Applications
TASTING ROOM
An extra facility we offer to our clients.
The tasting room provides customers a professional setting where they can present their wines to important buyers and visiting wholesalers, or carry out tastings with their own team. The on-site tasting room allows our winemakers to assist with tastings if required.
BULK WINE SUPPLY
Bulk wine supply is a key component of our operations.
Supplying bulk wine to small, medium and large domestic and international customers, we offer a range of wine styles and varieties from key grape growing regions throughout South Australia. Whether to finish and blend, or tailor a wine to suit specifications, style and quality, our selection of bulk wine is catered to customer needs.
We are proud to work with some of the world’s leading wine retailers, with wine quality and continuity expertly managed by our experienced and professional wine making team.
Our Winery Team
We've got a top notch team!
Peter Pollard
Senior Winemaker
Peter was introduced to the wine industry at a young age and quickly developed a passion. While studying for a degree in Oenology at the University of Adelaide, Peter completed a vintage with Peter Lehmann Wines in the Barossa Valley. Intent on broadening his experience, Peter spent the first half of 2001 working as a contract winemaker with Simeon Wines at Loxton and then travelled to the USA to work the 2001 vintage with Geyser Peak Wines in Sonoma Valley, California. In 2001 Peter joined Langhorne Creek Winery as Assistant Winemaker. Peter continued to grow and challenge himself as the business has expanded and he is now Wine's Senior Winemaker. In his spare time Peter enjoys his cricket and football and catching up with family and friends.
Matt Davey
Winemaker
Matt has had a diverse and exciting nineteen years, in the wine industry. He graduated in oenology, at the University of Adelaide. He has worked extensively throughout Australia, and has been at Project Wine for the last five years. Matt appreciates varietal and regional characteristics, but favours Grenache as a whole. Fruit quality is pivotal to making good wine, with minimal intervention as necessary.
Outside of the wine world, Matt is an accomplished beer brewer, and hands on making various healthy culinary delights. He enjoys working out at the gym, as his mantra is a healthy body results in a healthy mind. He is a regular on the track at Tailem Bend, practicing his drifting techniques in his Renault. He dreams of one day competing in the Dakar Rally, and is a fan of all things automotive. He also enjoys cultural activities and the social scene, while spending time with his family.
Nina Viergutz
Winemaker
Nina has enjoyed a fruitful career in the wine industry spanning eighteen years. Graduating Oenology from the University of Adelaide with Honours, she has since worked Vintages in Victoria, Western Australia, France and Germany. With German ancestry, an inevitable passion for Riesling evolved, describing the variety as her favourite; "Riesling embodies the formula for a good wine- great fruit and minimal intervention".
Away from the wine making, Nina is a culinary whiz- creating epicurean delights for the winery ranging from pistachio, raspberry and ricotta birthday cakes to BBQ prawns and chorizo. The biggest fan of her cooking however is Mace, her rescued American Bulldog.
Project Wine in the News
Article: The Sydney Morning Herald 18.04.16
Thirst for red in China pushes wine exports past UK for first time.
Article: The Australian 04.01.16
Project Wine, boutique growers join forces to satisfy Asia's growing thirst.
Article: The Weekly Times 05.01.15
Stephen Millar, who backs Project Wine, likes aroma of US market.Article: The Advertiser 14.12.12
Chinese businessmen buy stake in Langhorne Creek winery Project Wine.
