Feature

Issue No. 23 - June/Nuly 2005

Portavin gets the drop on strategy

Wine industry innovator Portavin SA is targeting exports by providing contract botling, technical/analytical/oenological services and warehousing, distribution and export (bulk and packaged wine) services to medium and large, export-focused South Australian wine producers.

Portavin’s strategy takes in prevailing market forces of grape oversupply, continued export volume growth and demand on capital as wine producers finance processing capacity and storage.

The SA contract wine bottling market volume is about 10 million cases annually with some 3 million cases of local wine currently being bottled in Victoria. Portavin SA has added credible, affordable competition and choice to this picture.

Portavin SA is a joint venture between Portavin WA, wine identity Tony Royal and winemaker Kingston Estate. The principals took winemaking degrees together at Roseworthy College in South Australia and went on to establish successful national and international careers with...

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