Victorian Next Crop 2025 Group Announced

Wine Victoria is excited to announce the Next Crop Victoria group for 2025, featuring
a diverse and dynamic cohort of participants from the Yarra Valley, Mornington
Peninsula and Gippsland wine regions. Delivered in partnership with Wine Australia,
the program aims to introduce leadership, business and management skills to build
capability and capacity within their regions.

“It is so wonderful to have the opportunity to run the Next Crop program again in
Victoria,” said Stephanie Duboudin, CEO of Wine Victoria. “We ran the program
across Central and Western Victoria in 2022 and are thrilled to be running it again,
this time across the Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Gippsland.”

Next Crop is also regarded as a stepping stone to the Future Leaders program, as
demonstrated by Future Leaders Madeleine Marson (2025) and Steven Paul (2023),
who graduated from the 2022 Victorian Next Crop program.

“Empowering the future leaders of our industry is essential. We had an amazing
response from across the three regions and a challenging selection process. We
can’t wait to deliver the program,” added Dan Sims, Chair of Wine Victoria.

The Next Crop 2025 program will commence on June 19 and conclude with a
graduation ceremony at the Wine Victoria Annual General Meeting on November 20.
The program will be delivered in partnership with Jill Briggs, Affectus.

The 2025 Next Crop participants are:

• Andrew George – Yarra Yering
• Annie Field – Punt Road Wines
• Ben Lee – Crittenden Wines
• Charlie Warne – Ten Minutes by Tractor
• Christopher Tan – Bass Phillip Distribution
• Claire Whyte – Quealy Winemakers
• Declan Prentice – Tel Darra
  
• Grace Jiranek – Eldridge
• James Becker – Joval Family Wines
• Kate McGee – Yarra Yering Vineyard
• Kate Webber – De Bortoli Wines
• Leah Mottin – Domaine Chandon Australia
• Lisa Jenkins – Fleet Wines
• Lucy Adam – Kooyong / Port Phillip Estate
• Mariana Raltcheva – Seville Estate
• Martin Siebert – Dixons Creek Estate
• Monique Lynes – Stonier
• Peter Shone – Levantine Hill Estate
• Samuel Parker – Handpicked Vineyards
• Simon Cordery – Lightfoot Wines
• Tahlia Henderson – Pt Leo Estate
• Tony Layton – St Huberts winery
• Tillie Johnston – Tillie J Wines