Viticulture

Award-winning vineyards across New Zealand can’t be wrong!

Each year at harvest time, Rotaform supplies vast amounts of equipment to New Zealand’s thriving viticulture industry.

From small boutique wineries in Central Otago to internationally renowned companies such as Delegates, hundreds of vineyards and wine-makers are using Rhino products.

Rhino products are used throughout the entire viticulture cycle from protecting the vines from frost and providing bins for grape picking to durable and reliable bins suitable for the sub-zero conditions of the cool store or for display purposes.

And if your season’s yields are higher than expected, try a stackable fermentation tank. Plastic fermentation tanks are made of food grade polyethylene that does not taint or effect the taste of the contents and costs approximately 1/10th of the price of a new stainless tank of the equivalent size.

Case Study - Maude Wines

Maude Wines produce wines using Pinot Noir and other grape varieties in Central Otago.

Due to exceptional weather, the 2007 vintage produced a very high yield and Maude Wines had a far greater volume of grapes than expected. They did not have the capacity to process this volume in their standard stainless steel fermentation tanks.

As winemakers often pay for their grapes by the kilogram, scrapping the grapes was simply not an option.

Maude Wines contacted Rotaform needing 5000 litre fermentation tanks to be sent to them as soon as possible.

As Rotaform is able to produce up to 12 large fermentation tanks per day, Rotaform was able to quickly respond by packing the tanks for Maude Wines and other affected Central Otago producers in two forty-foot containers.

To ensure the highest level of customer service, Rotaform hired a truck to deliver the products directly to customers in the shortest period of time possible.