Pikes Wines 2021 The Merle Riesling has won the Jim Barry Perpetual Trophy for Best Wine of Show at the 2026 Clare Valley Wine Show.
The judging panel included Sarah Crowe (chair), Sam Wigan (panel chair), PJ Charteris (panel chair), Alexandra Alavoine, Katie Spain, Xavier Vigier, Andrew Kenny and Ben Marx.
Trophy winners
Best Rosé of Show
Hill River 2026 Hill River Wines Rosé
Best Dry White other than Riesling
Taylors 2026 Pomera Pinot Grigio
Best Exhibition Section Dry Riesling 2025 Vintage
Penna Lane 2025 Watervale Riesling
Best Exhibition Section Dry Riesling 2024 Vintage and older
Pikes Wines 2021 The Merle Riesling
Best Vintage Section Shiraz
Mockingbird Hill 2024 Dr JWD Bain Clare Valley Shiraz
Best Vintage Section Cabernet Sauvignon
Jim Barry 2024 Spring Farm Block 74 Cabernet Sauvignon
Best Vintage Section Grenache
Crabtree 2025 Ironstone Grenache
Best Vintage Section Other Dry Red
Knappstein 2025 Unearthed Malbec
Best Dry Red from Exhibition Sections
Jim Barry 2023 Watervale Cabernet Sauvignon
Chair of Judges Award
Pauletts 2024 109 Reserve Riesling
Mick Knappstein Trophy – Best Current Vintage Riesling
Jim Barry 2026 The Florita Riesling
Carl Sobels Trophy – Best Vintage Section Dry Red
Mockingbird Hill 2024 Dr JWD Bain Clare Valley Shiraz
Best Riesling of Show
Pikes Wines 2021 The Merle Riesling
Best Small Producer
Crabtree Wines
Best Single Vineyard Wine
Pikes Wines 2021 The Merle Riesling
The Ben Mitchell Perpetual Viticulturist Trophy
Pikes Wines – Michael Harrold
Best Exhibitor of Show
Jim Barry Wines
Br John May Perpetual Trophy – Wine of Provenance
Pikes Wines The Merle Riesling 2026, 2021, 2014
Jim Barry Perpetual Trophy – Best Wine of Show
Pikes Wines 2021 The Merle Riesling
Photo: Clare Valley Wine & Grape.