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Howard Park wins top wine prize in Adelaide

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Howard Park Wines 2023 Leston Margaret River Shiraz has won the Max Schubert AM Trophy for Most Outstanding Red Wine at the 2025 Royal Adelaide Wine Show.

The wine also won the Best Shiraz in Show and Best Shiraz 2023 Vintage and Younger trophies.

In a solid showing from Margaret River, Evans & Tate was awarded the George Fairbrother Memorial Trophy for Most Outstanding White Wine in Show, while Stella Bella, Deep Woods Estate and Millbrook Winery each collected major trophies.

Langhorne Creek producer Lake Breeze received the Gramp, Hardy, Hill-Smith Prize for National Wine of Provenance for its Arthur’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.

The Usual Suspects Collective’s Vickery Reserve Watervale Riesling was awarded the Governor’s Trophy for Best South Australian White Wine in Show, while Purple Hands took home the Best South Australian Red Wine in Show for its Barossa Valley Grenache.

A $6 wine – Dee Vine Estate 2025 The Drover Riverina Pinot Grigio – won Best Pinot Gris/Grigio.

Hurtle and Norman Walker Trophy
Best Sparkling Wine in Show
House of Arras 2017 Grand Vintage Tasmania

John Fornachon Memorial Trophy
Best Apera, Topaque, Muscat or Sweet White in Show
Morris Wines Old Premium Rare Topaque

InDaily Trophy
Best Australian Vintage, Tawny or Ruby in Show
Seppeltsfield Para Grand Tawny

Braud Australia Trophy
Best Sweet White Table Wine in Show
De Bortoli Wines 2022 Deen De Bortoli Botrytis Semillon

Barrel Finance & Logistics Trophy
Best Riesling in Show
The Usual Suspects Collective 2024 Vickery Reserve Watervale Riesling

Arkaba Cellars Trophy
Best Sauvignon Blanc in Show
Millbrook 2025 Regional Sauvignon Blanc 

Finlaysons Trophy
Best Semillon in Show
Brokenwood 2018 ILR Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon

Fassina Liquor Trophy
Best Pinot Gris/Grigio in Show
Dee Vine Estate 2025 The Drover Riverina Pinot Grigio

Seguin Moreau Trophy
Best Chardonnay in Show
Evans & Tate 2023 Redbrook Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay

Programmed Property Services Trophy
Best Other Varietal White in Show
Pikes 2025 Luccio Clare Valley Fiano

BDO Trophy
Best Dry White Blend in Show
Deep Woods Estate 2025 Ivory Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Piper Alderman Trophy
Best Rosé in Show
St Huberts Wines 2025 The Stag Rosé Yarra Valley 

Lallemand Australia Trophy
Best Pinot Noir in Show
Hardys Eileen Hardy 2024 Tasmania Pinot Noir

Tillbrook Rasheed Trophy
Best Grenache in Show
McHenry Hohnen Vintners 2023 Margaret River Grenache

Radoux Australia Trophy
Best Other Red Blend in Show
Stella Bella 2023 Margaret River Cabernet Merlot

Karl Seppelt AO Trophy
Best Other Varietal Red in Show
Ferngrove Estate 2023 Frankland River Reserve Malbec

Professor AJ Perkins Trophy
Best Cabernet Sauvignon in Show
Stella Bella 2023 Suckfizzle Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon

Dr Ray Beckwith OAM Memorial Trophy
Best Traditional Australian Red Blend in Show
St Hugo 2022 Coonawarra Barossa Cabernet Shiraz

Doreau Australia Trophy
Best Shiraz 2023 Vintage and Younger
Howard Park 2023 Leston Margaret River Shiraz

Pellenc Australia Trophy
Best Shiraz 2022 Vintage and Older
Jim Barry Wines 2022 Barry Brothers Clare Valley Shiraz

Vili’s Trophy
Best Shiraz in Show
Howard Park 2023 Leston Margaret River Shiraz

The Governor’s Trophy
Best South Australian White Wine in Show
The Usual Suspects Collective 2024 Vickery Reserve Watervale Riesling

The Governor’s Trophy
Best South Australian Red Wine in Show
Purple Hands 2024 Barossa Valley Grenache

George Fairbrother Memorial Trophy
Most Outstanding White Wine in Show
Evans & Tate 2023 Redbrook Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay

Max Schubert AM Trophy
Most Outstanding Red Wine in Show
Howard Park 2023 Leston Margaret River Shiraz

The Gramp, Hardy, Hill-Smith Trophy
National Wine of Provenance
Lake Breeze 2022, 2016 and 2012 Arthur’s Reserve Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

F. Miller & Co. Prize
Winemaker of the National Wine of Provenance
Lake Breeze Wines – Greg Follett

 

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