By Amy Looker, editor National Liquor News
Southern Estate Wines Australia has completed its acquisition of a 20 million litre winery asset located in Griffith.
The privately owned Southern Estate Wines (SEW) is part of the Dal Broi Group (DBG) of companies which specialise in a vertically-integrated wine business from grape farming, wholesale, export, domestic sales, storage and packaging with extensive global sales opportunities and relationships.
SEW executive director Andrew Dal Broi said he planned to ramp up production to service a global customer base while maintaining a low-cost, efficiently run operation that over delivers on diligent customer service.
“We’re fortunate enough to have largely maintained the strong team of people who worked at the winery in Griffith. All of our staff have a long history and experience in the industry from our winemakers through to the key support staff,” Dal Broi said.
The winery, which was established in the 1970s and has been extensively revamped over the years to become a state-of-the-art winemaking facility, was previously home to Original Cinzano, Cranswick and The Wine Group.