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)
• *Victoria Angove, Angove Family Winemakers
• *Simone Tierney, Zilzie Wines
• *Jeff McWilliam, McWilliam’s Wines Group Ltd
• *Robert Hill Smith, Yalumba (Permanent Alternate)
• Mitchell Taylor, Taylors Wines Pty Ltd
• Bill Moularadellis, Kingston Estate 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