Peter Szabo – Welcome to our Team!

CCW Board and staff are pleased to welcome Peter Szabo into the role of General Manager with the Co-operative. We believe Peter's experience and skills will hold him in good stead for hitting the ground running, with V24 intake being his top priority. Please join us in extending a heartfelt...

Sprayer Technology Workshop – held 29 November 2023

A spray application day was held at CCW Co-op, organised by Ashley Lipman and sponsored by Nick from Corteva, with the purpose of discussing with the grower group some fundamentals and passing on a few basic tips to help with spray application. The workshop was held on Wednesday, 29th November...

Growers Meeting – Wednesday, 13th December 2023

Attached is the Presentation given at the Growers Meeting, held on Wednesday, 13th December 2023, at the Riverland Field Day Site. The meeting was held to update growers on the outcome of the mediation between CCW and Accolade Wines for 2023 vintage prices outcomes; give some insight on the 24...

CCW 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 16th MAY 2023

The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of CCW Co-operative Ltd for 2023, was held at the Field Day site, on Tuesday 16th May 2023. Formal business of the Co-operative was conducted including the Election of Directors. Following the voting and counting of votes, the Deputy Chairman declared Dino Cotsaris,...

Mark Voigt

“Happy Retirement” to our esteemed Mark Voigt

Dear Members, It is with a mixture of joy and sadness that we bid a fond farewell to our esteemed Accountant/Company Secretary, Mark Voigt. Mark, in his normal manner, delivered a comprehensive handover to Karyn Burton, with Karyn now in the driving seat; Mark has enacted his retirement plans. On...

CCW Grower Communication Meetings – Held 7th & 10th November 2022

  Grower communication meetings were held in early November at Barmera and Renmark, to update the Members on the Accolade offers and recent growing conditions. The presentations delivered at the meetings by Jim and Ashley are attached. Click on this link for Meeting Agenda and Jim Godden's presentation Click on...

Outlook for the Grape and Wine Sector Industry Workshop – Making The Cut!

  In recent months Riverland Wine has been engaging with growers to rethink this season as not being ‘business as usual’.  Part of the message has been to focus on your inputs and ultimately ‘to crop or not to crop, that is the question!’. Riverland Wine Viticultural Committee Chair and...

CCW / ACCOLADE V23 GROWER MEETINGS – HELD 7TH & 8TH SEPTEMBER 2022

Dear Members, On 7th and 8th September 2022, 2 grower meetings were held, in conjunction with Accolade Wines, to openly discuss industry conditions and vintage 2023 requirements. We have received requests on providing details or feedback from these grower meetings. Please find attached the Accolade letter, which was discussed in...

Riverland Uprising Aritcle

The Heart of the Murray The definition of team is ‘a group of individuals working together to achieve their goal’. Here, grape growers are the key players. What do you get when you take 540 wine grape growers, 8,000 hectares of vineyards, 100 years of history and more than 52...

CCW ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 18TH MAY 2022

The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of CCW Co-operative Ltd was held at the Field Day site, on Wednesday 18th May 2022. Formal business of the Co-operative was conducted including the Election of Directors. We welcome Aden Brock, Aphrodite Koutouzis and Andrew Kassebaum to the Board. We pass on our...

CCW Viticultural & Soil Health Project – Field Day

A viticultural field day was held on Thursday, 9th December 2021, commencing at 3.00pm, at the Riverland Field Day Site, to address various matters including the Soil Health Project outcomes. The field day was attended by approximately 100 growers. The agenda was as follows: Key Highlights of the CCW Soil...