Specialist contract processing winery, Winemasters SA, has gone into administration after the site failed to sell. Hall Chadwick partners, Brent Kijurina and David Trim, have been appointed administrators.
Established in the late 1970s, Winemasters SA offered wine making, storage, blending and loading services to its customers under premium, organic, and commercial wine streams.
Featuring a vintage processing capacity of more than 25,000 tonnes, and 35 million litres of storage capacity, the facility is located in a strong location to process fruit from all South Australian cool climate regions – including Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Limestone Coast, Adelaide Hills, Currency Creek, Langhorne Creek, as well as the Riverland, Murray Darling and Sunraysia regions.
The 21.45 hectare site was listed for sale in September 2025, with CBRE’s John Harrison and Angus Bills appointed to manage the EOI campaign.
Harrison said the large-scale winery has convenient access for both B-Double and B-Triple wine transport trucks with an extremely efficient layout.
“It represents an outstanding opportunity to acquire a highly efficient wine processing and storage facility with the ability to process fruit and prepare wine from all the major South Australian wine regions,” he said.
An ASIC notice posted on 15 April showed the company had gone into administration, with the first meeting of creditors to be held on 23 April.
One of the appointed administrators, David Trim, stated on LinkedIn that the entire wine industry has been under immense pressure for a long time now, and the wider agricultural industry is in the same predicament.
“We will continue to try and find the best possible outcome for stakeholders,” he said.
