Wine on a fine line at Australian Vintage's Merbein plant
Australian Vintage Limited national packaging manager John Kontrec inside the new bottling line and packaging plant at Merbein. Picture: Louise Barker
About 30 per cent more wine bottles can be processed on the Merbein line.
AUSTRALIAN Vintage Limited (AVL) yesterday unveiled a new $11 million packaging line, which will boost bottling capacity at its Merbein plant.
World-class technology, sourced from France, Italy and Australia, will complement AVL’s existing bottling facilities, located on the same site, enabling AVL to capitalise on growing export markets such as the US and Asia.
The investment marks a new milestone for the company, which will be able to bottle and package its sparkling line in-house, Australian Vintage chief executive officer Neil McGuigan said.
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