About Australian Grape & Wine Inc
Membership Committees
Membership Committees
Australian Grape & Wine’s four Membership Committees meet separately and each nominates four representatives to the Board (marked * below).
All six state wine industry associations are represented on the Small Winemakers’ Membership Committee.
Small Winemakers’ Membership Committee
- *James March, Barossa Grape and Wine Association, Heathvale Wines (SA Wine Industry Assoc) (Chair)
- Mark Bourne (NSW Wine Industry Assoc)
- Leeanne Puglisi- Gangemi, Ballandean Estate Wines (Queensland Wine Industry Assoc)
- Larry Jorgensen (Wines of Western Australia)
- *Rollo Crittenden, Crittenden Wines
- Chris Pfeiffer OAM, Pfeiffer Wines
- David O’Leary, O’Leary Walker Wines
- *Edward Swift, Printhie Wines
- *Mary Hamilton, Hugh Hamilton Wines
- Cath Oates, Oates Ends
- Sarah McDougall, Lake George Winery
- *Sarah Collingwood, Four Winds Vineyard (Permanent Alternate)
- Nikki Palun, Occtava Wines
- Rory Lane, The Story Wines (Wine Victoria)
Medium Winemakers’ Membership Committee
- *Alister Purbrick, Tahbilk Pty Ltd (Chair)
- Mitchell Taylor, Taylors Wines Pty Ltd
- *Robert Hill Smith, Yalumba (Permanent Alternate)
- *Victoria Angove, Angove Family Winemakersd
- *Jeff McWilliam, McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd
- *Simone Tierney, Zilzie Wines
- Darren Rathbone, Rathbone Wine Group
Large Winemakers’ Membership Committee
- *Helen Strachan, Pernod Ricard Winemakers Pty Ltd (Chair)
- *Rob Cairns, Treasury Wine Estates
- *Anjanette Murfet, Accolade Wines
- *Luke Edwards, Casella Family Brands
Vigneron’s Membership Committee
- *Ashley Keegan, The FABAL Group Pty Ltd (Chair)
- *Adrian Hoffman, Independent Grape Grower
- *Henry Crawford, Yallambee Agricultural Company Pty Ltd
- *Ben Crossing, Angullong Vineyard
- Ben Rose, Performance Viticulture
- *Jenny Venus, Brad Case Contracting (Permanent Alternate)
- Sami Gilligan, The Wetlands Vineyard
- Tyson Lewis, Peninsula Vinecare Pty Ltd
- Dean Taylor, Taylors Survey and Development
- Colin Bell, AHA Viticulture