The NOLO industry is extremely strong in Australia and growing year by year The University of Adelaide in Australia will be home to the world’s first trial-scale research facility for…

The NOLO industry is extremely strong in Australia and growing year by year

The University of Adelaide in Australia will be home to the world’s first trial-scale research facility for no and low alcohol (NOLO) wine.

The project has been supported with a $1.98 million investment from the Government of South Australia, and is a partnership between the University of Adelaide, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions, and The Australian Wine Research Institute.

The facility, which will be located at the University’s Waite campus, will support South Australian winemakers to be front and centre of the emerging NOLO wine market in Australia and around the world.

The facility has both canning and bottling facilities, including a counter pressure filler. This means that successful trial products can be packaged and used for consumer or trade samples, market research and export samples.

The global NOLO wine market is growing at more than 25 per cent per year and was worth about $51.6 million in Australia in 2020-21.