The Adelaide Hills Wine Show Luncheon was held at the Mount Lofty House this year on Friday 27th November with once again perfect weather and outdoor settings.
This year there are 500 exhibits across 16 classes. The Adelaide Hills Wine Show results were outstanding; 36 Gold, 48 Silver and 156 Bronze medals were determined by the wine show judges. Prowine, as one of the sponsors, presented the Best Chardonnay Trophy and would like to again congratulate all trophy and medal winners. Here is the full list of the Trophy winners:
Best Sparkling of Show
2013 Deviation Road Winery Loftia Vintage Brut
Best Riesling of Show
2015 Howard Vineyard Clover Riesling.
Best Sauvignon Blanc of Show
2015 Wirra Wirra Wines Hiding Champion Sauvignon Blanc.
Best Chardonnay of Show
2014 Penfolds Bin A Chardonnay.
Best Pinot Grigio of Show
2015 Scott & La Prova Wines Pinot Grigio
Best Other White
2015 S.C. Pannell Aromatico.
Best Rose of Show
2015 Hahndorf Hill Winery Rose
Best Pinot Noir of Show
2014 Henschke Giles Pinot Noir
Best Cabernet of Show
2013 Nova Vita Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
Best Shiraz of Show
2014 Shaw + Smith Shiraz.
Best Other Red of Show
2015 Murdoch Hill Wines ‘The Surrey’ Pinot Meunier
Best Sweet Wine of Show
2015 K1 by Geoff Hardy Autumn Harvest.
Best Museum Wine of Show
2011 Mordrelle Adelaide Hills Sparkling.
Best Small Producer of Show
Bowhouse Vineyard
Best Large Producer of Show
Shaw + Smith
Wine Show Committee Award of Recognition
Susan Bell from O’Leary Waker Wine and Adelaide Hills Wine Region
Best Wine in Show
2014 Shaw + Smith Shiraz.
Again, 2015 has been an amazing year for the SA wine industry. It will continue to grow and prosper in 2016 and Prowine wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Photo Credits: Meaghan Coles Photography