Industry Partners
Helping shape the region's future
Supporting Central Otago Wine
Our industry partners play an important role in supporting the Central Otago wine community, contributing expertise, resources, and ongoing backing across the region.
Their support helps enable the initiatives, events, and programmes delivered through COWA, from education and member engagement to regional promotion. Beyond this, these partnerships foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation, helping to strengthen a vibrant and resilient future for Central Otago wine.
Gold Partners
Wine Solutions
Wine service centre of excellence, with services managing every step of our client’s wine from bottling through to dispatch
Wine Solutions focus is very much on delivering a bespoke service to the wine industry where attention to detail is second to none.
The quality of the storage environment Wine Solutions provide and our ability to manage temperature control will have a significant impact on wine quality through the supply chain. Wine Solutions also provide bulk transportation of wine direct to the bottling plant in newly detailed truck and tanker units with specialised thermal covers to hold the wine at optimum temperatures.
Silver Partners
Wine Collective Direct
Buying premium New Zealand wines has never been easier.
Established in 2006, our original shipping company NZ Wine Home pioneered innovative, high quality direct to international consumer (DTiC) wine shipping solutions. Today, Wine Collective Direct helps lead the growth of New Zealand’s Direct-to-International-Consumer sales channel.
WCD’s still delivers easy market access, enabling Producers to reach high value customers within destinations that often have unpredictable shipping costs, and complex compliance due to ever varying destination taxes and duties. Alongside this unique capability, WCD also invests in proprietary technology that supports producers of craft wine to unlock greater value from their international consumers relationships.
In-kind partners
Platinum Partners
VinPro
Proudly working with Central Otago’s best
VinPro supports Central Otago’s award-winning local wine growers with a variety of quality professional services including winemaking, bottling, mobile bottling, temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution.
Their team shares the knowledge, passion, and spirit of our region’s world-class wine community and will tailor our services to meet your needs. Helping you get the best vintage out of your dedication, hard work and determination.
C&R
Expert Wine Industry Insurance Brokers
Our involvement with the Central Otago Wine Industry began in the early 1980’s and we enjoy working with the people who are committed to ensuring their passion for excellence is transferred into great wines.
We are committed to providing excellent solutions. After 35 years working with owners/managers and accountants for offshore owners, we understand the risks and requirements of every aspect from first plantings to full winery operations.
Bronze Partners
Opportune
Opportune – navigating NZs transition to a low-carbon economy
Opportune’s team of technical specialists has been delivering carbon accounting and verification services both locally and internationally since 2006 – bringing a wealth of global knowledge and technical best practice to serve the unique needs of your organisation.
Local team. Nationwide services. Global standards.
Mactodd Lawyers
Accessible, Collaborative, Innovative and Diverse.
Cromwell and Central Otago has its business roots firmly embedded in agriculture, viticulture and historic goldmining.
Whilst the goldmining days may be gone, the agriculture and viticulture sectors still provide the bedrock on which the more recent explosion of tourism is based. In addition to these core business sectors, there is of course a myriad of businesses encompassing a huge range of entrepreneurial skills and creativity.
The Gate
Harvest Hotel & Events Venue
Discover the beauty of Cromwell, staying at The Gate is your home away from home. The Gate is where it starts for making memories in Central Otago.
