National Champion Red Wine - 2009 Australian Small Winemakers Show

Date: October 26, 2009

Continuing its 2009 wine show circuit success, Briar Ridge Vineyard has just received the major accolade of “National Champion Red Wine”, picking up the trophy at the 2009 Australian Small Winemakers Show, for its 2007 Dairy Hill Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz. Following on from its recent 5-star rating in the James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010 Edition, which scored the same wine at 95 points, Briar Ridge also picked up a Gold Medal for their flagship Semillon, made from the same vineyard block at its Mount View vineyard.

Winemaker, Mark Woods, also picked up the Winemaker Travel Award for producing the National Champion Red Wine.

The 2007 Dairy Hill Shiraz has now received 2 Trophies and 5 Gold Medals, and the 2009 Dairy Hill Semillon has notched up 5 Gold Medals, which is testament to the first release of Briar Ridge's new Single Vineyard range of wines.