A major new development project at the Jindalee Winery at Moorabool near Geelong, Australia, utilises over 100 tonnes of grade 304 2B finish stainless steel. Shepparton’s J Furphy & Sons fabricated 95 wine storage and fermentation tanks, ranging in size from 75,000 to 1200 litres. The new tanks provide almost three million litres of temperature-controlled storage capacity for grapes processed from the adjoining vineyard and a much larger vineyard which Jindalee’s owners, Vince and David Littore, operate in the Murray Darling region near Mildura. Three years ago the Littore Brothers acquired the former Idyll Vineyard and winery at Geelong which they are now using as the production centre for their wines produced under the Jindalee and Fettlers Rest labels for both local and export markets.
In addition to the tankage, most of which features the new Furphy Laser Welded Dimple Plate design which provides the cooling jackets to the tanks for circulation of refrigerants, Furphy’s have also completed more than 350 lineal metres of galvanised walkway and tank access systems. (From Australian Stainless, 2002, no. 21.)