On Wednesday 19 August, 2026, the year’s top wines, winemakers and wineries were revealed at the 2027 Halliday Awards.
Around 200 of the biggest and brightest names in the industry – or “community”, as the newly crowned Winemaker of the Year, Steve Flamsteed, said in his acceptance speech – were there to raise a glass to and celebrate the winners.
Find a selection of highlights from the night below, and head to our Facebook page for the full album.
To learn more about the winners, head to our 2027 Awards hub. Click here for the year's top wines.
Halliday tasters Jeni Port, Jane Faulkner, Shanteh Wale and Dave Brookes with the brand-new 2027 Companion.
Halliday's Head of Tasting/General Manager Katrina Butler and Editor Anna Webster.
Dave Brookes and Sarah Crowe, Yarra Yering.
McLaren Vale, represent! Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers, and Maxwell's Tom Hagger and Richard Wellsmore.
Rohan Smith with team Medhurst.
Foreign Friends' Leila and Crystal Davis and Juliette Menneteau.
Shanteh Wale, Dan Sims and Brian Olsen.
Grampians, represent! Ben and Nicole Thomson (Best's Wines) and Lucy and Hadyn Black (Black & Ginger).
Andrew Marks, Gembrook Hill.
Michael Hill-Smith and Steve Pannell.
Anna Webster with Elise and Dom Palumbo, Down the Rabbit Hole.
Robyn Puglisi-Henderson and Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, Ballandean Estate.
Angela and Eliza Brown, All Saints Estate.
Steve Pannell and Steve Flamsteed.
Ed Carr, Pete Dillon and William Dong, House of Arras.
Katrina Butler and the Middletons, Mount Mary.
Bruce, Jane and Chris Tyrrell.
Mike Bennie and Kerri Thompson, Wines by KT and Skillogalee.
Christian Dal Zotto.
Greg Kentish and Mike Hayes, Balancing Heart.
Katrina Butler and David de Pury, Yeringberg.
Shanteh Wale with Steve Flamsteed and Brad Rogers, Decades.
Chantel Schiller, and Ashley and Holly Ratcliff, Ricca Terra.
Halliday tasters Dave Brookes, Mike Bennie, Marcus Ellis and Toni Paterson MW.
Rohan Smith with Robyn and Ross Wilson, Medhurst.
The Halliday Tasting Team.
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