De Iuliis Wines 2023 Limited Release Shiraz has won the Doug Seabrook Memorial Trophy for Best Red Wine of Show at the Hunter Valley Wine Show.
The wine also received the Hector Tulloch Memorial Trophy for Best Shiraz and the James Busby Memorial Trophy for Best Three-Year-Old and Older Shiraz.
Thomas Wines 2024 Sweetwater Ridge Shiraz was awarded the Len Evans Trophy for Best Single Vineyard Red Wine, as well as the Stibbard-Hulin Trophy for Best Two-Year Old Shiraz.
Best Current Vintage and One-Year Old Shiraz, the Alexander Munro Memorial Trophy, was also awarded to Thomas Wines for its 2025 Synergy Shiraz.
Best Museum Red Wine and John Lewis Trophy was awarded to Mount Pleasant Wines for its 2018 Rosehill 1965 Vines Shiraz.
Mercer Wines took the Maurice O’Shea Memorial Trophy for Best Other Red Varietal for their 2025 Limited Release Shiraz, Pinot Noir.
Sixteen producers won trophies at the presentation lunch at Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort.
The 54th Show attracted 69 exhibitors and 652 entries, judged over three days at Singleton Showground, assisted by the School of Infantry and led by an expert panel chaired by Toni Paterson MW.
Merrick Watts hosted the luncheon as Master of Ceremonies.
Trophy Winners
Marshall-Flannery Trophy
Best Current Semillon
Brokenwood Wines 2026 Oakey Creek Vineyard Stockyards Block Semillon
Karl Stockhausen Memorial Trophy
Best One-Year-Old Semillon
Margan 2025 Fordwich Hill Semillon
McGuigan Family Trophy
Best Two-Year–Old and Older Semillon
Brokenwood Wines 2019 ILR Reserve Semillon
George Wyndham Memorial Trophy
Best Current and One-Year-Old Chardonnay
Silkman Wines (2025 SILK Chardonnay)
Henry John Lindeman Memorial Trophy
Best Two-Year-Old and Older Chardonnay
Silkman Wines (2023 SILK Chardonnay)
Graham Gregory Memorial Trophy
Best Other White Varietals and White Blends
Briar Ridge 2026 Limited Release Albarino
J.Y. (Jay) Tulloch Trophy
Best Verdelho
Hungerford Hill 2026 Verdelho
Doug Galbraith Memorial Trophy
Best Off-Dry or Sweet White Wine
Glenesk Wines Wiley Rooster 2025 Late Harvest Semillon
Elliott Family Trophy
Best Rose of Show
McLeish Estate 2026 Dwyer Rose Merlot
Trevor Drayton Memorial Trophy
Best Fortified Wine or Vermouth
Draytons Family Wines NV Balthasar Liqueur Verdelho
Maurice O’Shea Memorial Trophy
Best Other Red Varietals and Red Blends
Mercer Wines 2025 Limited Release Shiraz Pinot Noir
Alexander Munro Memorial Trophy
Best Current Vintage and One Year Old Shiraz
Thomas Wines 2025 Synergy Shiraz
Stibbard-Hulin Trophy
Best Two-Year-Old Shiraz
Thomas Wines 2024 Sweetwater Ridge Shiraz
James Busby Memorial Trophy
Best Mature Three-Year-Old and Older Shiraz
De Iuliis Wines 2023 Limited Release Shiraz
Lone Pine Barracks Officers Mess Silver Bullet
Mount Eyre Nero 2025 Nero D’Avola
Drayton Family Trophy
Best Semillon
Brokenwood Wines 2019 ILR Reserve Semillon
Murray Tyrrell Chardonnay Trophy
Best Chardonnay
Silkman Wines (2025 SILK Chardonnay)
Hector Tulloch Memorial Trophy
Best Shiraz
De Iuliis Wines 2023 Limited Release Shiraz
Tyrrell Family Trophy
Best Museum White Wine
Tyrrell’s Vineyards (2013 Belford Semillon)
John Lewis Trophy
Best Museum Red Wine
Mount Pleasant 2018 Rosehill 1965 Vines Shiraz
Kaloudah Trophy
Best Table Wine from a Small Producer
Bonvilla Estate 2026 Single Vineyard Semillon
Len Evans Trophy
Best Single Vineyard White Wine
Brokenwood Wines 2019 ILR Reserve Semillon
Len Evans Trophy
Best Single Vineyard Red Wine
Thomas Wines (2024 Sweetwater Ridge Shiraz)
Iain Riggs Wine of Provenance
Winner: Audrey Wilkinson Winemakers Selection Semillon (2026, 2017, 2013)
Petrie-Drinan Trophy
Best White Wine of the Show
Brokenwood Wines 2019 ILR Reserve Semillon
Doug Seabrook Memorial Trophy
Best Red Wine of the Show
De Iuliis Wines (2023 Limited Release Shiraz)
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