HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST, NEW AWARDS & RETURN OF CEREMONY FOR 2022 ACCOLADES

HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST, NEW AWARDS & RETURN OF CEREMONY FOR 2022 ACCOLADES

Halliday Wine Companion, the industry benchmark for Australian wine, is pleased to announce the return of its annual awards, with this year’s highly anticipated awards to return in ceremony form at the distinguished Stokehouse in St Kilda on Thursday, August 12. After the enormous success of last year’s online stream, the event will also be broadcast locally and internationally via winecompanion.com.au on the evening.

For the first time this year, judging for the Halliday Wine Companion Awards was conducted by the full and revitalised Halliday Tasting Panel, led by renowned wine critic and vigneron, Editor-at-Large James Halliday AM and the celebrated and award-winning wine expert Tyson Stelzer as Chief Editor.

Back in March, all seven tasters – which also includes Jeni Port, Ned Goodwin MW, Erin Larkin, Jane Faulkner and Tony Love – came together to nominate candidates from their respective regions for all awards categories. The panel has jointly pinpointed the top-rated Australian wines, winemakers, wineries and viticulturalists from over 9,000 entrants, through a series of tastings, round-table discussions and collaborative decisions.

The evening ceremony will this year present seven major trophies – with the new category of Viticulturist of the Year joining the six traditional awards, including Wine of the Year, Winemaker of the Year, Winery of the Year, Best Value Winery, Best New Winery, and Dark Horse Winery.