The National Wine Show of Australia has been a highlight on the Australian wine industry calendar since it began in 1975.
With only the highest-awarded wines at qualifying Australian wine shows making it to the judging table, National Wine Show winners represent the best of the best Australian wines.
In 2021, an even more rigorous pre-qualification program was introduced. Only wines that have won gold or silver at one of 32 qualifying shows will be accepted for judging, meaning it will be a more competitive, higher-quality show than ever before.
How the winners are decided
To ensure utmost impartiality and objectivity, all wines assessed in the National Wine Show of Australia are poured out of sight of judges. Following blind tastings of each class, trophies are decided by an individual ballot of all judges using the Borda points system.
If judges have wines from their own vineyards entered in the show, they are barred from judging in that category.
Only gold medal-winning wines from their classes are eligible for trophy judging.
