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Greg Howell is the Managing Director of Vintessential Laboratories, which he founded in 1995.

He is qualified in Chemistry and Wine Science and has worked Vintages in Australia and France.

ANCHOR® Yeast Australian Distributors

Feb 2012
 

Vintessential is now the Australian National Distributor for ANCHOR®, the Leading New World Wine yeast. 

All ANCHOR® winemaking products are now available for prompt delivery throughout Australia from Vintessential.

The ANCHOR® range caters for a wide range of wine styles.

The products available for vintage 2012 are:

  • Alchemy I - A yeast blend to enhance aromatic esters in white wines
  • Alchemy II - An aromatic yeast blend to enhance volatile thiols in white wines
  • Exotics 
  • N96 - A strong fermenting, all-purpose wine yeast 
  • NT112 - A yeast for producing full bodied red wines
  • NT116  
  • NT202 - A yeast for the production of aromatic red wines
  • NT45 - A yeast for producing fruity red wines for early release on the market
  • NT 50 - A yeast for producing fruity red wines
  • Vin 13 - A yeast for the production of fresh and fruity white and Rosé wines
  • Vin 2000 - A yeast for the production of barrel fermented, complex, aromatic white wines
  • Vin 7 - A yeast for enhancing thiol aromas in white wines
  • WE14 - A yeast for the production of natural sweet white wines
  • WE372 - A yeast for the production of aromatic, supple red wines 

 

Two new products in the range are:

NT202 CO-INOCULANT, a unique blend of bacteria which allows for optimal success of malolactic fermentations.

EXOTICS SPH, an interspecies yeast hybrid that results in wines with outstanding sensory qualities without requiring a second yeast inoculation.

 

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