John Coughlan

Senior White Winemaker

John Coughlan is a local boy who grew up and went to school in Leeton. John became a winemaker almost by accident. He worked a vintage at Orlando Wines as a laboratory technician and became so interested in wine that after vintage he gained permanent employment in the industry at De Bortoli.

In his ten years with the company, it has been a sharp learning curve for John. He commenced as a Technical Assistant, progressed to Commercial Winemaker and also worked a vintage at the Yarra Valley winery. In this time John also completed his Bachelor of Applied Science in Oenology at Charles Sturt University and the Advanced Wine Assessment Course at the Australian Wine Research Institute.

John is now Senior White Winemaker at the Bilbul winery responsible for all premium white wine production at this site including the Deen range and also the Emeri sparkling wines.