First-class facilities

Technology and top-notch facilities are a core part of our offering at Itasca. We can provide specific technical details on request or arrange a consultation based on your requirements, but here’s an overview of the facilities to give you an idea of the scope and scale of our setup.

Winery

Fruit processing

  • 600 tonne capacity
  • 8 tonne, 3 tonne and 1 tonne press
  • Dolav picking bins available for hire

Primary fermentation

  • Large capacity thermally controlled tanks
  • 2nd/3rd fill French oak barrels

Bottling

  • Cross flow filtration
  • On site bottling line

Storage

  • Secure, bonded warehousing

Production

Riddling

  • 5 Quadra Gyropallets with riddling capacity for 10,000 bottles per week
  • Riddling cages available to use

Packaging

  • Washing, labelling and boxing services

Disgorging

  • 1,000 bottles an hour line
  • Dry goods available
  • Jetting to reduce bottle variation and improve freshness
  • In line batch coding
  • In line automated Vision Control system

Lab

Analysis includes and is not limited to:

  • Brix/SG/Oeschle
  • pH
  • Titratable Acidity
  • Free SO2
  • Total SO2
  • NTU
  • Glucose/Fructose
  • Malic Acid
  • YAN

For further information and a full list of services we offer, please contact us.