About

The Winery Engineering Association (WEA) is for winery engineers, winemakers, operators and suppliers. WEA’s major regular event is WINE ENG, a two-day conference and trade exhibition focused on winery technology, engineering and operations. WINE ENG is now held 2 out of every 3 years, skipping the year of the triennial Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (AWITC).

For more details on the origins of the WEA, you can read this history written by Geoff Leighton, our Inaugural President.

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Directors

PresidentBen McDonald (TWE)
Deputy PresidentLuke Wilson (HSFE)
TreasurerStephen Summers (HSFE)
SecretaryLin Lin Low (TWE)
Conference ManagerSimon Nordestgaard (AWRI)

Committee Members

Lenah Rasmussen (TWE)
Iskra Varbanova (TWE)
Ruby Thomas (TWE)
Christian Gattermayr (HSFE)
Shauna Herbst (BFWG)
Deon Hallam (Angove)
Carlo Vereyken (Retired)
Trent Reimer (Rockwell)
Geoff Leighton (Retired)
Shane Clohesy (Programmed)
Ragan Wood (Flavourtech)

Life Members

David Clark (click for bio)
Peter Graue
Ken Johnson
Brian Kleeman
Geoff Leighton
Geoff Patritti
Ray Pender
Peter Stone