Trial-scale NoLo facility now open in SA

Opened on 5 April, the new trial-scale no- and low-alcohol research facility is located at the University of Adelaide’s Hickinbotham Roseworthy Wine Science Laboratory (HRWSL) at the Waite Campus in Adelaide. It allows research and new product development trials on volumes as low as 150 L of wine, providing opportunities to develop methods and processes that could result in better NoLo wine products.

A FlavourTech spinning cone column is the centrepiece of the facility, which is a form of low-temperature vacuum steam distillation used for NoLo wine production. The facility also has canning and bottling facilities, including a counter pressure filler, which will allow successful trial products to be packaged and used for consumer, trade, market research and export samples.

South Australian businesses have priority access to the facility at subsidised rates thanks to investment in the facility from the Government of South Australia, through the Department of Primary Industries and Regions.

University of Adelaide and AWRI researchers will also share access to the facility, which is managed by WIC Winemaking Services, a joint venture between the University of Adelaide and the AWRI.

For further information about the facility and services available, visit AWRI.

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