Winemaking Philosophy

The core philosophy at Cassegrain Wines is the marriage of traditional French winemaking methods with modern Australian technology, an innovative approach that gives Cassegrain Wines a unique point of difference. The result is a diverse portfolio of full flavoured, yet soft and elegantly styled wines.

As a multi-regional producer, this approach allows us to focus on the strengths of each region. Our wines are typically complex and interesting blends, or single varieties true to their style and variety. This approach allows us to select the best parcels of fruit from the best regions, with the principal aim being to ensure that the characteristic flavours of the fruit are maintained and enhanced during the winemaking process, delivering excellence in each and every bottle. This commitment to quality and diversity is key to producing exceptional wines that reflect the unique characteristics of NSW’s vineyards.

Although Cassegrain Wines is located in Port Macquarie, only a small proportion of the grapes we source come from our local region. We recognise the importance that terroir plays in determining grape characteristics and we source grapes from many different regions of New South Wales ranging from cool to warm climates, as well as low and high altitudes, which allow us to produce wines in a range of varieties and styles.

Chief Winemaker Alex Cassegrain works closely with all of our grape growers, to produce fruit of the style and character he is seeking for the given variety and wine style. He regularly drives thousands of kilometres to visit each of our growers in the various regions to discuss and agree on vineyard management, pruning, cropping, and timing for harvest. This hands-on approach guarantees that every grape contributes to the elegance and excellence of our wines.

Our winemaking team also creates wines blended from grapes of different regions, which permits the building of layers of flavour and complexity. Being multi-regional has the added advantage that we are not dependent on one climate, which helps our production to be more consistent.

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Winemaking Services

Your wine. Our winemaking expertise.

From grape to bottle, or any step you need.

Including private label and buyers own brand.

We are a fully integrated winery, with a purpose-built facility that handles everything including receival, pressing, fermentation, maturation, and blending, through to bottling, labelling, packaging, storage, and distribution.

We are one of the few wineries that are able to produce sparkling wine using the Méthode Traditionelle (Méthode Champenoise in France) process.

Whether it is still wine or sparkling wine, we start from 1000L.

We have been exporting across the world to countries including Canada, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, USA, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

We have supplied wines to airlines for their Business and First Class passengers (such as Qantas and Singapore Airlines) as well as to the Shinkansen in Japan.