Membership Committees

Australian Grape & Wine’s  four Membership Committees meet separately and each nominates three representatives to the Board (marked * below).

All six state wine industry associations are represented on the  Small Winemakers’ Membership Committee. 

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in Wine (DEIW) are positions created specifically in the small winemaker category to encourage women into leadership roles in the grape and wine sector.

Small Winemakers’ Membership Committee

• *Nikki Palun, Octtava Wines (DEIW) (Chair)
• *Mark Bourne (New South Wales Wine Industry Association)
• *Anna Fisher, Zonte’s Footstep (South Australian Wine Industry Association)
• *Rory Lane, The Story Wines (Wine Victoria) (Alternate Director)
• Sandra de Pury, Yerringberg (DEIW)
• Sarah McDougall, Lake George Winery (DEIW)
• Nicole Samadol, Rowlee Wines (NSW)
• Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, Ballandean Estate Wines (Queensland Wine Industry Association)
• Ashleigh Seymour, Paxton Wines (SA)
• Rollo Crittenden, Crittenden Wines (VIC)
• Chris Pfeiffer OAM, Pfeiffer Wines (VIC)
• Cameron Rhodes, Fermoy Estate (WA)
• Nick James-Martin, Wines of Merritt (WA)
• Larry Jorgensen (Wines of Western Australia)

Medium Winemakers’ Membership Committee

• *Alister Purbrick, Tahbilk Pty Ltd (Chair)
• *Victoria Angove, Angove’s Pty Ltd
• *Darren Rathbone, Rathbone Wine Group
• *Robert Hill Smith, Yalumba Family Wines (Alternate Director)
• Simone Tierney, Zilzie Wines Pty Ltd
• Mitchell Taylor, Taylors Wines Pty Ltd
• Andrew Calabria, Calabria Wines
• Andrew Santarossa, Gapsted Wines

Large Winemakers’ Membership Committee

• *Jeff McCormack, Treasury Wine Estates (Chair)
• *Helen Strachan, Pernod Ricard Winemakers Pty Ltd
• *Luke Edwards, Casella Family Brands

Vigneron’s Membership Committee

• *Ashley Keegan, The FABAL Group Pty Ltd (Chair)
• *Adrian Hoffmann, Independent Grower and Chair of Wine Grape Council of South Australia
• *Henry Crawford, Yallambee Agricultural Company Pty Ltd
• *Jenny Venus, Brad Case Consulting (Alternate Director)
• Sami Gilligan, The Wetlands Vineyard
• Ben Crossing, Angullong Wines
• Tyson Lewis, Peninsula Vine Care
• John Hardy, Lower Tintara Vineyard