Hilltops Vineyard to host first dealcoholisation facility in NSW

The NSW government has invested $2 million for Freeman Vineyards in Young to establish the state’s first dealcoholisation facility. The facility aims to position the Hilltops region as a national leader in the rapidly growing non-alcoholic wine market. Freeman Vineyards was one of nine recipients of funding through the Agriculture Industries Innovation and Growth Program, with owner and founder Dr Brian Freeman and his daughter Marcelle Freeman saying the project will be a game changer for the industry in NSW. “We are really excited. You can make much better-quality wine if you don’t have to transport it far, so we can make much better-quality non-alcoholic wine if we don’t have to transport it far,” Marcelle said. “We’re also putting in a bottling unit, so that can help local producers as well, if they want. We will definitely need to hire more people locally once the facility is up and running.”