Portavin was established by Mike Davies in 1989 in Western Australia as a mobile bottling business to service the state’s rapidly expanding wine industry. By 1990 the concept was sufficiently proven to justify establishing sites in Melbourne, Victoria and in 1994 the same in Adelaide, South Australia.

In 2001, Portavin established its first static bottling hall and warehouse complex in Margaret River.  It also purchased a 3.6 hectare light industrial site at Hope Valley, 35 kilometres south of the Perth CBD which, has been transformed into a wine services centre providing bottling, warehousing (bulk and packaged wine) and laboratory services. In addition, Portavin exclusively warehouse and distribute Amcor wine glass and Stelvin screw caps.

Portavin Melbourne and Portavin SA set up static bottling sites in 2002 and 2004 respectively. 

Portavin Melbourne, based in the suburb of Cheltenham on a 20 000 sqM site, operates two bottling lines (1 x 5000bottles per hour – specialising in PET packaging - and 1 x 7000bph).

Portavin SA also operates two bottling lines (3000bph & 7000bph) on a 16 000sqM site in Port Adelaide.

All Portavin static enterprises offer an integrated wine bottling service including bulk wine receival, blending, finishing, bottling, full quality assurance and analysis, dry goods supply, warehousing, distribution and export services.

In 2009, Portavin established an operation in Penrose, south of Auckland with good proximity to freight hubs, glass production and 3rd party warehousing service providers.  Portavin has supply contracts with producers of glass, screw caps, fibre products and other dry goods and supplies these products to bottling and external clients.

All mobile bottling lines in SA and Victoria have now been sold and today Portavin owns and operates two mobile bottling lines based in Western Australia, as well as five static lines.  To date, Portavin is Australasia’s largest independent wine services supplier.