PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE 26 - 29 AUGUST 2018 | RASWA.ORG.AU 1 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE WELCOME The Perth Royal Wine Awards are Western Australia’s premium wine competition, overseen by a prestigious team of WA, interstate and international judges. Wine has been judged at the Perth Royal Show since 1843 and the competition is regarded as critical to the success of establishing a national and even international reputation for the WA wine industry. COMMITTEE President Mr P Carter Councillor In Charge Mr J Snowball Councillor Mr D Chipper, Mr B Keane, Mrs M Redman Past President Mr T Devitt Committee Members Mr A Kosovich, Mr J Elliot, Mrs J Marsh, Mr G Goodall, Ms C Treacher Competition and Event Coordinator Mr J Clark The Royal Agricultural Society of WA would like to thank all of the Judges, Stewards and Volunteers that assisted in making the 2018 Perth Royal Wine Awards a success. 3 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE SCHOLARSHIPS WINE INDUSTRY SCHOLARSHIP The Royal Agricultural Society of WA (RASWA) is pleased to offer the inaugural Wine Industry Scholarship in recognition of Bill Jamieson for his contribution to RASWA and the development of the WA wine industry. The scholarship will provide financial assistance for up to two years to a student undertaking tertiary study in a wine related discipline to help support their career in the wine industry. Please note applicants must have already successfully completed at least one year of the relevant course. For further information, please visit www.raswa.org.au/scholarships-and-awards/wine-industry- scholarship/ ADVANCED WINE JUDGES SCHOLARSHIP The Royal Agricultural Society of WA (RASWA) is pleased to offer the Advanced Wine Judges Scholarship (value $4680) in recognition of John Hanley AO and his contribution to the Perth Royal Wine Awards over 43 continuous years. The Advanced Wine Assessment Course (AWAC) is an intensive four-day course designed for participants with considerable formal wine tasting experience. It aims to prepare potential new wine show judges and develop the sensory analysis capabilities and the vocabulary of Australian wine industry personnel at an elite level. Course dates 19 - 22 November 2018, Adelaide, SA Please note travel and accommodation to Adelaide, SA is the responsibility of the selected applicant. CLOSING DATE - FRIDAY 31 AUGUST 2018 For more information on either of our scholarships contact Marc Platten on [email protected] or 6263 3100 or check our website at raswa.org.au 4 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS The Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors for their donations and trophies to be awarded throughout the Perth Royal Wine Awards. Perrott Painting, Greystoke Pty Ltd and Tristania The 2nd Friday Club, established in 1977 to learn about and enjoy good wine. Plasdene Glass-Pak 5 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE MarketingData:PrintedMaterials:2017:Wine Show:Links:Logos_for_Wine:2nd Friday of the Month.docx FOOD AND WINE 6 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE FOOD AND WINE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE By John Clark 2018 has been a year of dramatic growth for the Perth Royal Food Awards, with Smallgoods, Branded Meats, Cider, Pantry and Alternative Milk Products competitions added to the portfolio, and with competitions planned for 2019. As the dust settles after a huge year of celebrating the best in food and wine, we take a moment to chat with Millbrook Winery’s head chef and 2017 The West Australian Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Guy Jeffreys about his approach to cooking, produce selection and wine. 7 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE FOOD AND WINE The kitchen garden at Millbrook is central to the experience, what does it mean to you growing, preparing and serving ingredients you’ve produced yourself? Everything, it’s a lifestyle. We have 1 acre of heirloom vegetable garden, 2 acres of 90 year old orchard, and an acre of olive grove. We haven’t bought any fruit or vegetables for the restaurant in the last couple of years. The chefs do all the gardening. 100% is grown from seed and about 60% is grown from the previous seasons saved seeds. We don’t use chemicals or sprays and it’s all done by hand. What are your favourite vegetables to grow and cook with in the restaurant? Whatever is in season, and whatever we pick that morning! We grow about 100 different varieties of vegetables over the year so it’s a bit like picking a favourite child. But, I would say tomatoes in Tell us a bit about yourself! Where are you Summer, blood plums in Autumn, broccoli in from? Winter and asparagus in Spring. I’m originally from Noosa heads QLD, but I call WA home now. How often do you change the menu? All the time, sometimes in the middle of service! How long have you been a chef? 25 years. What’s your favourite varietal or wine Millbrook’s winemaker Damian Hutton makes Where else have you worked before Millbrook? and why? Star Anise, Leeuwin Estate, Divido. Definitely Viognier, it’s grown on the property and What got you into food? unique to our region. I wanted to leave school and surf all day so I What’s the secret to success for a winery thought cooking at night would be a way to do that, restaurant these days? then I quickly found out split shifts are a thing! The whole package done well and with passion. How long have you been at Millbrook? What’s the most important thing for a chef or 8 ½ years. restauranteur to remember? Enjoy what you do and the customer will too. 8 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE FOOD AND WINE STEAMED SPRING GARDEN GREENS AND MUSSELS, BAKED FISH You can use whatever vegetables that are in your garden, or whatever looks fresh at the farmers market. Below is a list of what we pull out of our garden on a spring day Serves 4 as a quick, tasty treat INGREDIENTS 4 x 200g fish portions 4 knobs butter 8 kale leaves 8 silverbeet leaves 8 asparagus spears A large handful of podded broadbeans 4 small fennel bulbs, fronds reserved for garnish 1 kg mussels, bearded 1 chilli, sliced 3 garlic cloves, sliced 1 lemon, juiced Salt, pepper and olive oil METHOD Season the fish, place a knob of butter on top of each portion and bake in the oven. Grab a large heavy based pot and place all ingredients in apart from the fennel fronds and lemon juice, put on a tight fitting lid and place on a high flame. As soon as it starts to steam take off the heat and stir through the lemon juice. Serve with fennel fronds, baked fish and a bottle of Viognier. 9 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS – TODAY AND TOMORROW By Larry Jorgensen, Wine of WA CEO The Perth Royal Food Awards are an important event in the annual calendar for WA producers of premium food and beverages. The opportunity to compare efforts against those of our peers is both a learning process and an opportunity to gain further insights into how our products are perceived in the marketplace. Importantly, the Awards are innovating to ensure producers have access to these opportunities to learn and evolve. 10 2018 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE In the case of wine, it is a process that involves industry. Valued up to $12,000, the scholarship both peer review and consideration by industry will provide financial assistance for up to two experts from a diverse range of perspectives. years to a student undertaking tertiary study in a Judging panels these days consist not only of wine related discipline to help support their career winemakers. Show committees are aware that, in the wine industry. while technical assessment is important, the extra dimensions that separate gold medal wines from The Advanced Wine Judges Scholarship was the rest are largely subjective. It is best to have a developed by the RASWA Wine Committee range of perspectives to interpret these qualities to support education in agribusiness. The and those closest to the customer offer input scholarship has been named after John Hanley, that can help winemakers understand what these AO in recognition of 43 years contribution to the are. So, we now see sommeliers and retailers join Perth Royal Wine Show and is intended to support winemakers and wine writers on judging panels to the development of excellence in the WA wine help tease out the best from the rest. tasting sector. This includes the winner having the opportunity to attend one of the pre-eminent Wine The discussions that occur offline, between Sensory Evaluation courses in Australia. classes, can be as valuable as the judging process. Simple conversation can reveal emerging The intent of agricultural show awards has always trends across the wine value chain. New clonal been to “improve the breed”. As Australia moves material and growing/production initiatives are as towards greater value-adding and production interesting to the purveyor of wine as consumer of premium products, this requires a focus by trends and preferences are to the growers and agricultural shows on attributes that support makers of fine wine. Wine shows provide the space higher value propositions. The Perth Royal Wine for this to happen. The resulting fomentation of Show committee is adopting initiatives to help ideas has consistently been a driver of innovation Australian wine producers achieve this aim. and development in our industry.