Rivawine Collaboration was formed by wine-grape growing families in the Riverland of South Australia who connected over a shared goal – to sustainably produce the best fruit and wine possible. The collaboration’s interest is in a holistic approach to quality winemaking, from fruit to finished product.
Rivawine trading partners are winegrowers, not grape growers – they recognise that great wines start in the vineyard and are strongly committed to mutually beneficial business relationships with their customers and stakeholders.
The collaborative shares a professional, customer-focused approach with a commitment to continuous improvement.
Collaboration
Operating as a collaborative offers benefits to Rivawine trading partners and customers alike.
Proudly Riverland Based
The warm and dry Riverland climate leads to excellent flavour development and low pest and disease pressure.
Premium Trading Partners
Share resources, benchmark production methods and share technical information with a focus on continuous improvement.
FLEXIBILITY
Operating as a collaborative group offers benefits to Rivawine trading partners and customers alike. Not only does the collaborative offer a wide range of fruit and wine, it offers flexibility of fruit and wine delivery only achievable with significant scale. All Rivawine partners either harvest their own fruit or have priority arrangements with professional contractors to ensure timely and trouble-free harvest and delivery.
DIVERSITY
The trading partners represent a combined capacity of over 11,000 tonnes of key varieties including Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and Semillon. The partners also produce sought-after varieties that thrive in the warm Riverland climate – Pinot Gris, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Bianco D’Allessano and Durif, with recent developments including Lagrein and Negro Amaro. The warm and dry Riverland climate leads to excellent flavour development and low pest and disease pressure.
COMMUNICATION
Rivawine Collaboration is committed to maintaining consistent and open communication between trading partners and customers. The company structure creates synergies that enable the collaboration to share resources, benchmark production methods and share technical information with an ongoing focus on continuous improvement. The group benefits not only from exchange of information between trading entities in the group, but shares information about wine markets, viticulture, chemical information and compliance, and water markets. The trading partners of Rivawine intend to maintain the highest standard of viticulture business that they can.
