Adelaide Hills Wine Show 2015

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