Casella Family Brands picks up Howcroft Vineyards on SA’s Limecoast

NSW Riverina winemaker Casella Family Brands has snapped up the Howcroft Estate Vineyards near South Australia’s Limestone Coast in the first big vineyards deal of the year. Family-run Casella, one of the country’s biggest wine producers with brands including Yellow Tail, Peter Lehmann Wines and Brands Laira, is understood to have paid just over the $9 million asking price for the 540 hectare property near Mundulla, which has 412 hectares of planted vines.