The Wine Team

Alain Rousseau - Senior Winemaker

Alain Rousseau hails from an old vigneron family in Vallet of the Loire Valley region of France. He was formally trained at the prestigious Dijon University of Burgundy, before returning to the Loire to work at Château du Cléray.

In 1991 Alain and his wife moved to Tasmania, joining the local wine industry at its infancy. For a decade he worked with Domaine A and Moorilla Estate, gaining many accolades for his Tasmanian wines.

After four year sojourn at Sirromet winery in Southern Queensland, Alain returned to Tasmania in 2004 to work with Frogmore Creek, developing and refining their wine styles.

Nick Glaetzer - Winemaker

Nick Glaetzer began his wine-making journey with Glaetzer Wines in the Barossa Valley, following with vintages in the Languedoc, the Pfalz, Margaret River, the Riverland, Sunraysia, the Hunter Valley and Burgundy.

Beginning vintage 2006 Nick joined the Frogmore Creek winemakers, in his search for Australia's greatest Riesling and Pinot vineyards.

In 2009 Nick made the top 10 finalists for the Wine Society Young Winemaker of the Year, for his work with Tasmanian Pinot Noir and Riesling at the Frogmore Creek winery.

Vineyard Manager - Frogmore Creek Vineyard

Jennifer Doyle

It was university holiday work in the wine industry which instilled a love of wine and a passion for growing wine grapes.

After completing a Bachelor of rural science at UNE, Armidale, NSW.  Jen gained employment with Smithbrook Wines in Pemberton, W.A managing the 60ha vineyard. Jen then moved onto managing the 20ha Abbey Vale and Growers vineyard in Margaret River. It was a after this role Jen gained more experience working as a viticulturalist on a 500ha property in Orange,NSW working for Cumulus Wines.

Throughout these roles Jen gained a working knowledge and passion for organic and biodynamic viticulture. Since commencing as Vineyard Manager with Frogmore Creek in July 2008 Jen has been involved in many projects along with the reinvigoration of the organic grape growing program.

Vineyard Manager - Campania Vineyard

Danny Belbin

Danny has been involved in agriculture & horticulture in Southern Tasmania all of his life, having grown up on a family farm at Cambridge near the Frogmore Creek Winery.

Danny's experience is in cereal crops, sheep, cattle, wool and vegetable crops.

He has also had experience in the civil construction, earth moving and dam construction throughout Tasmania.

After previous experience in the development of several other vineyards in the Coal Valley, Danny commenced employment at the Campania Vineyard in 2000 during construction and planting of the vineyard and took on the role of vineyard manager in 2002.

Director & Co-Owner - Frogmore Creek

Tony Scherer

Tony has been an organic farmer since 1974 both in California and Australia.

Making the move to Australia 20 years ago to farm vegetables, until he discovered the Frogmore Creek property in 1989, changing his focus to growing grapes.

Tony brings to the Frogmore team a wealth of knowledge in organic and bio-dynamic farming. Passionate about improving soils, sustainabilty of crop production and making compost, Tony's experience will ensure the long term health of the vines and soil in our vineyards.

In 2006 Tony implemented the Environmental Management System at the vineyard.  This system ensures we don't make any decisions without taking into account the effect they will have on the health of the vineyard. Frogmore Creek is currently the only Tasmanian winery to have this system in place.  It's Tony's vision for Frogmore Creek to lead the way in sustainability, he hopes one day all Tasmanian vineyards will implement similar practices.