Established in 2017, the Young Gun of Wine Awards searches for and celebrates Australia’s best young and emerging winemakers.
People’s Choice
The annual Young Gun of Wine Awards searches for, showcases and celebrates Australia’s young guns of wine.
This year, the Top 12 of these on-the-verge talents will be in Melbourne for a one-night-only event.
The Final 12 winemakers (by state) are:
NEW SOUTH WALES/AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Chris Carpenter from Lark Hill Biodynamic Wines, Canberra District
VICTORIA
Stuart Proud from Proud Primary Produce, Yarra Valley
TASMANIA
Peter Dredge from Meadowbank, Tasmania
Ricky Evans from Two Tonne Tasmania, Tasmania
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
John Hughes from Rieslingfreak, Clare Valley
Michael Downer from Murdoch Hill, Adelaide Hills
Anna Hooper from Cape Jaffa, Limestone Coast
Charlotte Hardy from Charlotte Dalton Wines, Adelaide Hills
Rob Mack from Aphelion Wine Co., McLaren Vale
Vanessa Altmann from Switch Organic Wine, Eden Valley
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Yoko & Andries Mostert from Brave New Wine, Great Southern
Remi Guise from tripe.iscariot, Margaret River
You can meet the winemakers, try their wines – each will show two wines on the night - and you can help decide who will win the Young Gun of Wine People’s Choice Award. This year the stakes are particularly high; among the Top 12, eight are first-time finalists.
The event will stretch across Prince Wine Store and Bellota, with dinner from the Bellota kitchen served canapé style.
Click here for tickets to attend the Young Gun of Wine People’s Choice Award.
Award Presentation
The final awards presentation and announcement of the 2017 Young Gun Award will include:
- Best New Act – sponsored by Wine Australia
- Winemaker’s Choice – sponsored by Ocean Eight
- People’s Choice Award
- Young Gun of Wine – sponsored by Riedel