Chairman of Judges – Peter Forrestal

Peter Forrestal is a Perth-based freelance wine writer who is author of the annual wine guide - Quaff and the Quaff website - www.quaff.com.au, columnist for the local Sunday Times, an occasional wine show judge and a contributor to national and international publications on wine. He was founding editor of Gourmet Traveller WINE and his 30 books include the Global Encyclopaedia of Wine. He has been chairman of judges for Gourmet Traveller WINE's Winemaker of the Year and a judge of the Tucker Seabrook Australia's Wine List of the Year, in both cases since their inception.

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The winner of the Australia's Wine List of the Year Award will receive:

• Two return airline tickets to Europe
• A specially engraved champagne cooler
• Additional publicity in Australian lifestyle magazines, major newspapers, liquor trade publications, food and wine guides and on-line

The 2008 Wine List of the Year award winners have been announced. Click here to download the full list of winners.