Endeavour Group is closing its Prowine professional bottling facility in South Australia, blaming falling consumer demand.
Based in Gawler, Prowine has operated as a specialist contract wine bottling and packaging facility since 2004, with Endeavour Group acquiring the business in 2018 through its subsidiary Pinnacle Drinks. Around 30 staff are affected by the closure.
It features two bottling lines and is described as offering a one-stop bottling, labelling, storage, warehousing and distribution solution.
An Endeavour Group spokesperson said in a statement: ““Following a review of our bottling capacity at our South Australian facilities, we have made a decision to close our Prowine facility in March 2025, and we are working through a consultation period with impacted team members.
“Our priority is supporting our team in the lead up to the site’s closure and identifying other employment opportunities that may exist across Endeavour Group’s network.
“Since Pinnacle Drinks acquired Prowine in 2018, their team and two-line facility have played a vital role in supporting our production, particularly during peak periods when Angaston and McLaren Vale were at capacity, helping meet growing business demand.
“However, given the decline in domestic consumption and the changing export market impacting overall demand, we can no longer maintain all three production sites.”
“We will be working with customers to transition their volume to our other bottling facilities at Angaston and McLaren Vale where we have capacity and capability, and we will be supporting other impacted wineries to transition their volumes to other co-packers in the region.
“We will also work with customers over the coming weeks and months to ensure appropriate transition arrangements are in place, and to minimise any impact to their production schedules.”
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