Nola Marino (Forrest, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The National Wine Show trophy winners were announced last Friday night at the National Press Club. It's a premier wine competition in Australia. To be eligible to even compete, the wine has to have won gold or silver at one of 32 qualifying Australian wine shows. I am really delighted that wineries in the fabulous fine wine region of Margaret River in my electorate were among the trophy winners. Deep Woods Estate won the Sauvignon Blanc Trophy for its 2022 sauvignon blanc as well as the Chardonnay Trophy for its 2021 reserve chardonnay, which also won the White Wine of the Show category. I'm told that the Deep Woods reserve chardonnay stunned the judges and was awarded 97 points, the Chardonnay Trophy and the esteemed Len Evans memorial Best White Wine of Show. I also want to congratulate Deep Woods Estate's chief winemaker, Julian Langworthy, for this great accolade.

The Cabernet Trophy was won by another outstanding Margaret River winery, Xanadu, for its 2019 cabernet sauvignon, described by the judges as 'medium to full bodied, with an elegant yet generous palate' and 'finely structured and beautifully balanced'. I also want to congratulate the team at Xanadu and senior winemaker Glenn Goodall. Congratulations to everyone involved and to Vanya Cullen of Cullen Wines. Congratulations on your King's Birthday Order of Australia Medal. Your extensive commitment and promotion of that fine wine Margaret River— (Time expired)