Monday, 18 August, 2014 - 12:40
Different routes to reach grape expectations
FEATURE: Established wineries are setting their sights on longer-term goals as the sector recovers from the issues of the past decade, and faces new challenges.
Alexandra Burt
Co-Founder, Proprietor / The Landsmith Collection
Most Notable Role
Alexandra Burt is a Perth-based business owner with interests in mining royalties, wine, agriculture and tourism. She is one of Western Australia’s wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune in excess of $1 billion. Her family wealth stems from an iron ore royalties deal signed in the 1960s by her grandfather Peter Wright – the business partner of Lang Hancock.
Mrs Burt is the co-founder and proprietor of The Landsmith Collection, an entity that houses her private business interests. It includes Margaret River winery Voyager Estate (formerly owned by her late father Michael Wright), Bullo River Station in the North Territory (acquired in 2016) and historic Wallcliffe House near Margaret River (acquired in 2018).
She has served on regional, state and national wine industry boards over the past decade. Ms Burt is also co-founder and chair of Sydney-based Australian Futures Project, board member of the Australian String Quartet and Tourism Australia, and Patron for Private Giving at the West Australian Ballet.
In November 2020, Mrs Burt was a winner of the emerging philanthropist award at the annual Creative Partnerships Awards for the arts sector.
