Wine Australia for Australian Wine Women in Wine Australia House • London 26 September 2017 #WomeninWine Wine regions of Australia Welcome to our Women in Wine Tasting Earlier this year, Wine Australia teamed up with the Australian Women DARWIN in Wine Awards (AWIWA) to hold the 2017 awards in London. The awards took place here in Australia House this morning, the first time that the winners have been announced outside of Australia. As part of the celebrations, we’re very pleased to host this unique tasting to highlight the quality and diversity of Australian wine made by female winemakers or from female winery owners. Northern Territory We are delighted to be joined by over 50 Australian women in wine, making today the largest gathering of Australian women winemakers Queensland and winery owners ever to be held. The tasting features nearly 300 wines from 18 different wine regions across Australia, including Adelaide Hills, Western Australia Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, Margaret River, McLaren Vale and Tasmania 28 amongst others. Some of the producers attending you’ll be familiar with, South Eastern others might be new discoveries — 25 wineries are seeking distribution South Australia Australia* BRISBANE 29 in the UK. Contacts for the wineries not yet available in this market are New South Wales 30 included in the catalogue. 1 31 2 With a geographical size similar to Europe and 65 different wine regions, 10 PERTH 33 32 3 11 it’s no surprise that Australia boasts an array of winemaking methods, 14 44 34 12 35 4 15 6 13 36 5 16 37 SYDNEY grape varieties and styles. We hope you enjoy making new discoveries 8 9 17 21 38 7 ADELAIDE 39 19 20 45 40 41 18 43 48 as well as trying the latest vintages of old favourites. The tasting is also 22 47 42 CANBERRA 49 23 Victoria 46 Australian Western Australia 24 55 54 52 50 51 26 56 Capital Territory an opportunity for you to meet the winemakers and winery owners, hear Queensland 25 59 57 53 1. Swan District 60 58 28. South Burnett 27 62 64 2. Perth Hills 61 their stories and discover how they’re pushing winemaking boundaries 29. Granite Belt 63 3. Peel MELBOURNE and experimenting in the vineyard and winery. 4. Geographe New South Wales 5. Margaret River 30. New England Australia We are delighted to be joined today by Brian Walsh, Chair of the Tasmania 6. Blackwood Valley 31. Hastings River 65 Wine Australia Board who flew in from Adelaide this weekend. Just let 7. Pemberton 32. Hunter HOBART us know if you would like a chat with Brian or Laura Jewell MW. 8. Manjimup 33. Mudgee 9. Great Southern 34. Orange We’re also very pleased to welcome Alexandra Mckenzie, an Australian South Australia 35. Cowra artist based in London, who has produced a giant piece of artwork for the 36. Riverina 53. Upper Goulburn 10. Southern Flinders Ranges 3 7. Hilltops 54. Heathcote event. The piece is a bouquet of plants, fruits and other references used 11. Clare Valley 38. Southern Highlands 55. Bendigo to describe the aromas and flavours of wine. 12. Barossa Valley 39. Gundagai 56. Pyrenees 13. Eden Valley 40. Canberra District 57. Macedon Ranges Please share your discoveries with us and swap tips with fellow tasters. 14. Riverland 41. Shoalhaven Coast 58. Sunbury 15. Adelaide Plains Join the online conversation with the hashtags #WomeninWine and 42. Tumbarumba 59. Grampians 16. Adelaide Hills #AussieWine. We’ll be tweeting from @Wine_Australia and will be live on 43. Perricoota 60. Henty 17. McLaren Vale 61. Geelong Instagram from @wineaustralia. Don’t forget to include us in your posts! 18. Kangaroo Island Victoria 62. Yarra Valley 19. Southern Fleurieu 44. Murray Darling 63. Mornington Peninsula We hope you enjoy the event! 20. Currency Creek 45. Swan Hill 64. Gippsland* 21. Langhorne Creek 46. Goulburn Valley 22. Padthaway 47. Rutherglen Tasmania 23. Mount Benson 48. Glenrowan 65. Tasmania* Wine Australia UK/Europe Team 24. Wrattonbully 49. Beechworth 25. Robe 50. King Valley *South Eastern Australia and 26. Coonawarra 51. Alpine Valleys Gippsland are zones, Tasmania 27. Mount Gambier 52. Strathbogie Ranges is a state. 2 Women in Wine 2017 • #WomeninWine #WomeninWine • Women in Wine 2017 3 Index Index State Region Table no. Winery Page State Region Table no. Winery Page Tasmania Tasmania 1 Delamere Vineyards 8 South Australia Clare Valley 14 Mount Horrocks 34 Stargazer 9 Sevenhill Cellars 35 Western Australia Pemberton 2 Bellarmine Wines 10 Adelaide Hills 15 Paracombe Wines 36 Margaret River Vasse Felix 11 Artwine 37 Victoria Mornington Peninsula 3 Avani 12 16 Fox Gordon 38 Beechworth Star Lane Winery 13 McLaren Vale Vanguardist Wines 39 King Valley 4 Pizzini 14 17 Aphelion Wine Co. 40 Symphonia Fine Wines 15 Azur Estate Wines 41 Goulburn Valley 5 Box Grove Vineyard 16 18 Bekkers Wine 42 Ulupna Winery 17 Five Geese 43 Yarra Valley 6 Bird on a Wire Wines 18 19 Gemtree Wines 44 De Bortoli 19 Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards 45 7 Goodman Wines 20 20 Sew and Sew Wines 46 Sutherland Estate 21 Penny’s Hill 47 8 TarraWarra Estate 22 21 Rose Kentish Wines 48 Yarra Yering 23 The Sparkke Change 49 Beverage Company 9 Yeringberg 24 22 Thomas Vineyard Estate 50 Rutherglen Jones Winery and Vineyard 25 Langhorne Creek Brothers in Arms and 51 10 All Saints Estate 26 Killibinbin Stanton & Killeen 27 Eden Valley 23 Henschke 52 South Australia Riverland 11 919 Wines 28 Barossa Irvine Wines 53 Padthaway Henry’s Drive 29 24 Turkey Flat Vineyards 54 Coonawarra 12 Penley Estate 30 Yalumba 55 Raidis Estate 31 Multiple Regions 25 Calabria Family Wines 56 13 Rymill Coonawarra 32 Jacob’s Creek 57 Wynns Coonawarra Estate 33 26 Accolade Wines 58 4 Women in Wine 2017 • #WomeninWine #WomeninWine • Women in Wine 2017 5 AWIWA Alex Mckenzie – ‘Flourish’ The Australian Women in Wine Awards (AWIWA) — which are owned and We are very pleased to welcome Alex McKenzie, an Australian artist operated by The Fabulous Ladies’ Wine Society — was started in 2015 based in London, who has produced a giant piece of artwork entitled and works to celebrate and reward the work of women in the Australian ‘Flourish’ specially for this event. wine community, and community leaders who champion equality and Having grown up on sheep and cattle farms in Western Australia and fairness for all sexes in the workplace. They are the world’s first and only South Australia, Alex came to the UK after her studies to visit a friend awards program for women in wine. and ended up staying. Alex now lives in London with her husband and “For decades we’ve been wishing and hoping to see a significant rise in two children, and has an art studio nearby. gender diversity in the Australian wine industry,” said Jane Thomson, On show today in the Exhibition Hall, Alex’s creation Flourish is a bouquet AWIWA founder and chair. “Unfortunately, wishing alone hasn’t worked. of the language of wine. It is an assortment of plants, fruits and other Women still only make up nine per cent of Australia’s winemakers and references used to describe the aromas and flavours of wine. The words ten per cent of viticulturists. And that number is, disturbingly, in decline. used to convey aromas and flavours have always intrigued Alex. She The Australian wine community needs positive female role models and says “it’s like a puzzle, picking out the individual components, like when leaders. With these awards we hope to highlight a few more of them.” you listen to music and you try to spot the different instruments that are In previous years, the awards were announced as part of a ‘virtual being played.” awards night’, rather than a glittering gala night, in recognition of the The name Flourish reflects not only the garden-like aspect of the piece, vast geographical distances between Australia’s wine regions, and to but also refers to a feminine influence. Alex explains “I think there is a maximise the number of people able to be involved. This is the first year kind of flourish that women bring to things. Like it is all very well to have the AWIWA has had a staged awards ceremony, with the ceremony being a table with chairs but if you put a vase with some flowers on it then it held earlier this morning here at Australia House. However, the ‘virtual changes the room — it is that extra touch. Women, in all their different celebration’ aspect is still an important component of the awards and the workplaces — be that engineering, the civil service, whatever — bring ceremony was also live-streamed back to celebration events happening a new energy and humanity. It is the feminisation of places. I find it all over Australia. really interesting the way the wine labels are evolving to reflect this.” The awards are overseen by an advisory board of high level industry The artwork is made from linocut prints, cut out and placed together in professionals. In 2017, they are: a bouquet type arrangement, and painted with watercolour. At 3m high • Jane Thomson (Chair) • founder The Fabulous Ladies’ Wine Society and 1.8m wide, this is the largest piece that Alex has produced using this • Corrina Wright • CEO & winemaker, Oliver’s Taranga linocut technique. • Samantha Connew • owner & winemaker, Stargazer Wine As an Aussie woman with a passion for wine, art and telling stories, we • Jeni Port • Wine writer are delighted that Alex has created this unique piece, which adds an extra element to today’s unique event. • Rebekah Richardson • winemaker, Irvine Wines • Toni Carlino • independent marketing consultant, Vigneto Connect with Alex on Instagram and see how the piece was created via @bouquetbouquet2017 • Sarah Andrew • Wine Educator, Fine Wine Partners 6 Women in Wine 2017 • #WomeninWine #WomeninWine • Women in Wine 2017 7 Table 1 Tasmania Table 1 Tasmania Delamere Vineyard • Francine Austin Stargazer • Samantha Connew Delamere Vineyard was established by the Richardson family, on their Stargazer — brainchild of winemaker Samantha Connew — pays organic market garden property, in 1982.