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HUNTER VALLEY WINE INDUSTRY AWARDS

Date: 26 May 2011

And the Winners Are ...

pdf format 2011 Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year (131.71 KB)

The fifth annual Hunter Valley Legends and Wine Industry Awards took place recently at The Semillon Room, Mercure, Hunter Valley where the Hunter Valley Wine Industry gather to celebrate the achievements of their peers and announce the winners of the six highly prestigious award categories.

The evening celebrates the achievements, hard work and exceptional dedication to excellence of the region’s winemakers, viticulturists and industry professionals.

The categories and their winners were as follows:

2011 CBA Local Business Banking Cellar Door Of The Year: Pepper Tree Wines

2011 Hunter Valley Wine Industry Living Legend: Don Mcwilliam

2011 Hunter Valley Wine Society Winemaker Of The Year: Liz Jackson From First Creek Wines

2011 Laffort Rising Star Of The Year: Jeff Byrne, Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard

2011 Viticulturist Of The Year: Liz Riley, Vitibit

Heritage Awards: The Ben Ean Winery, The Old Still House and Mount Pleasant Winery, The Maurice O’shea Mount Pleasant Label

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