HUNTER WINEMAKERS TOAST INDUSTRY BEST

May 25, 2012 at 4:05 pm

It’s the night Australia’s oldest wine region toasts the people who make the areas best drops.

The Hunter Valley Wine Industry tonight gathered to celebrate its products and producers at the Hunter Valley Legends and Wine Industry Awards.

Patrick Auld took out the 2012 Hunter Valley Living Legend award after almost four decades in the industry.

After being awarded NSW Wine of the Year in 2011 Nick Paterson continued his winning ways, awarded Hunter Valley Wine Maker of the Year.

President of the Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association, Andrew Margan says it’s a night to celebrate the region’s winemakers, viticulturists and industry professionals.

“Tonight we recognise and award the people that have been instrumental in building and maintaining the Hunter Valley’s standing as a world class wine producing region, with wine styles of exceptional calibre not replicated anywhere else in the world.”

FULL LIST OF WINNERS

2012 Hunter Valley Wine Industry Living Legend
PATRICK AULD

Laffort 2012 Hunter Valley Winemaker of the year
NICK PATERSON, Dogliani Winemaking and Consulting

Riedel 2012 Hunter Valley Rising Star of the year
CHRIS TYRRELL, Tyrrell’s Wine

Compost for Soils 2012 Hunter Valley Viticulturist of the year
CARL DAVIES – Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard

CBA Local Business Banking 2012 Hunter Valley cellar door of the year
HUNGERFORD HILL WINES

Heritage Awards
TULLOCH WINES FOR POKOLBIN DRY RED LABEL