National winner – Australia’s Wine List of the Year 2008
Wine List of the Year: Taxi Dining Room, Melbourne
Judy Hirst Award Sommelier of the Year
Lincoln Riley, Taxi Dining Room, Melbourne
Category winners
The Tony Hitchin Award – Best New List: Berowra Waters Inn, Berowra Waters, NSW
Best Regional List: Pilu at Freshwater, Freshwater, NSW
Best Small List: Fino, McLaren Vale, SA
Best Club List: Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli, NSW
Best Cafe/Brasserie List: Bistro Thierry, Toorak, VIC
Best Pub Restaurant List: Healesville Hotel, Healesville, VIC
Best Country Restaurant List: Lake House, Daylesford, VIC
Best International Hotel Restaurant List: Glass Brasserie, Sydney, NSW
Best Wine Bar List: The Melbourne Supper Club, Melbourne, VIC
Best Food and Wine Matching: Marque, Surry Hills, NSW
Best Restaurant List: Taxi Dining Room, Melbourne, VIC
State winners
ACT – The Ginger Room, Canberra
TAS – The Terrace Restaurant, Launceston
SA – Appellation, Barossa Valley
WA – Must Winebar, Perth
QLD – Isis Brasserie, Brisbane
VIC – Taxi Dining Room, Melbourne
NSW – Rockpool, Sydney
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame: Aria, Sydney (National Winner 2003)
Hall of Fame: Forty One, Sydney (National Winner 1998)
Hall of Fame: Circa, the Prince, Melbourne (National Winner 2001)
Hall of Fame: Asiana, Melbourne (National Winner 2004)
Hall of Fame: Syracuse Wine Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne (National Winner 1999)
Hall of Fame: Walter’s Wine Bar, Melbourne (National Winner 1996)
Hall of Fame: Friends, Perth (State Winner WA three times)
Full list of ratings
3 glass winners
Absynthe QLD
Altitude NSW
Anise ACT
Apothecary 1878 SA
Appellation SA – SA State Winner
Aria Restaurant NSW – Hall of Fame 2008
Asiana VIC – Hall of Fame 2008
Astral NSW
Auge SA
Bathers Pavilion Restaurant NSW
Bcoz Organic Dining VIC
Becasse NSW
Benchmark Wine Bar ACT
Bentley Bar & Bistro NSW
Berowra Waters Inn NSW – Best New Wine List
Bilsons NSW
Bistro Felix WA
Catalina NSW
Centonove VIC
Circa, The Prince VIC – Hall of Fame 2008
Comme VIC
Cru Bar & Cellar QLD
Donovans VIC
Era Bistro QLD
Est NSW
Forty One Restaurant NSW – Hall of Fame 2008
Friends WA – Hall of Fame 2008
Galileo Restaurant NSW
Glass Brasserie NSW – Best International Hotel
Guillaume at Bennelong NSW
Healesville Hotel VIC – Best Pub Restaurant
Idea Fine Food & Wine VIC
Il Bacaro VIC
Interlude Restaurant VIC
Isis Brasserie QLD – QLD State Winner
Jacques Reymond VIC
Lake House VIC – Best Country Restaurant
Marque NSW – Best Food & Wine Matching
Me Wah Restaurant Hobart TAS
Melbourne Supper Club VIC – B est Wine Bar List
Must Winebar WA – WA State Winner
Number 8 Restaurant & Winebar VIC
Oscar W’s Wharfside VIC
Otto NSW
Pearl Restaurant VIC
Pier NSW
Pilu at Freshwater NSW – Best Regional List
Press Club Restaurant & Bar VIC
Quay NSW
Rice Paddy QLD
Rockpool NSW – NSW State Winner
Rockpool Bar & Grill VIC
Royal Mail Hotel VIC
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron NSW – Best Club Restaurant List
Stillwater River Cafe TAS
Syracuse Wine Bar & Restaurant VIC – Hall of Fame 2008
Taxi Dining VIC – National Winner, Best Restaurant Wine List, VIC State Winner
Tetsuyas NSW
The Argo Inn VIC
The Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel VIC
The Deanery VIC
The European VIC
The Ginger Room ACT – ACT State Winner
The Graham VIC
The Manse SA
The Point Albert Park VIC
The Stokehouse VIC
Verge VIC
Vin Cellar VIC
Vue de Monde VIC
Walter’s Wine Bar VIC – Hall of Fame 2008
Watermark NSW
Wildfire NSW
Wine Bank of View VIC
2 glass winners
Acqua E Vino VIC
Albert Park Hotel VIC
Aqua Dining NSW
Assaggio SA
Athelstane House VIC
Barefoot Art Food Wine QLD
BarNone Lounge VIC
Bistro Moncur NSW
Bistro Thierry VIC – Best Cafe/Brasserie List
Bistrode NSW
Bluestone VIC
Cafe China QLD
Caterina’s Cucina & Bar VIC
Champagne Brasserie QLD
China Max VIC
Church St Enoteca VIC
Courgette ACT
Courthouse Hotel VIC
Crown & Sceptre Hotel SA
Ecco QLD
Felt VIC
Fino SA – Best Small Wine List
Fishermen’s Pier VIC
Fix St James NSW
Flying Fish NSW
Fraser’s WA
Garden Court Restaurant NSW
Gazebo Wine Garden NSW
Golden Dragon Palace VIC
GPO Cheese & Wine Room
Grape TAS
Harbour Kitchen & Bar NSW
Hotel Nest VIC
Intermezzo NSW
Isthmus of Kra VIC
Jacksons WA
Jasmin SA
Jonah’s at Whale Beach NSW
Joseph’s VIC
The Journeyman Restaurant NSW
Kelp Cafe VIC
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club VIC
La Grillade NSW
Lamaro’s Cafe Bar Dining Room VIC
Lizbon Bar TAS
Longrain Sydney NSW
Longrain Melbourne VIC
Mad Cow NSW
Maha Bar & Grill VIC
Mahjong VIC
Marko VIC
Marque IV TAS
Matteo’s VIC
Melting Pot SA
Merrijig Inn VIC
Mini Restaurant VIC
Moncur Terrace NSW
Montague Hotel VIC
Mud Bar TAS
Pacific Dining Room NSW
Pentanque VIC
Pipers of Penola SA
Porofino On Bank VIC
Prime NSW
Pure South VIC
RACV Club Members Dining Room VIC
Red Emperor Chinese VIC
Rocksalt Cafe ACT
Rubicon ACT
Sapore VIC
Scusami VIC
Seagrass VIC
Settlers Tavern WA
Shoya VIC
Songbirds in the Forest QLD
St Kilda Pelican VIC
Tavern 42 Degrees South TAS
The Bridge VIC
The Wine Underground SA
Undertaker VIC
Universal NSW
Vino’s QLD
Whirrakee Restaurant VIC
Wildside Restaurant TAS
Windy Point Restaurant SA
Wine Bar Restaurant QLD
Winehouse Brasserie VIC
XO Supper Club SA
1 glass winners
360 Bar & Dining NSW
Adams at La Trobe VIC
Ambrosini’s SA
Angsana Resort & Spa QLD
Annie Sithers Bistrot VIC
Arras NSW
Athena Room – Athenaeum Club VIC
Baguette QLD
Balcony Bar & Restaurant NSW
Bellevue Hotel Dining Room NSW
Bells at Killcare Restaurant & Bar NSW
Birdman Eating VIC
Bistro CBD NSW
Bistro Vue VIC
Black Cockatoo VIC
Blue Skies TAS
The Botahouse on Blackwattle Bay NSW
Border Wine Room NSW
Braza NSW
Cafe Bon Ton NSW
Cafe Florentine VIC
Cellar Restaurant NSW
Ceres VIC
Cherry Tree Hotel VIC
China Tea Club ACT
Chris’s Beacon Point Restaurant VIC
Cina VIC
Citrus SA
Courtney’s Brasserie NSW
Cowrie NSW
Credo NSW
Cru 54 Kitchen & Bar NSW
Crystal Jade VIC
Deco Wine Bar VIC
Divido WA
East Empress VIC
Edward’s Waterfront VIC
Elio NSW
Elizans at Ulladulla Guest House NSW
Eliza’s QLD
Emeu Inn VIC
Esperanto Dining Room NSW
Estia SA
Fins NSW
Flooded Gums NSW
Fremantle Mussel Bar WA
French Corner VIC
Gala WA
Grand National NSW
Grazing NSW
Halo WA
Harrison Restaurant & Lounge NSW
Harvest Restaurant QLD
Hotel Warnambool VIC
Humble House VIC
Il Lago NSW
Just Bar WA
Kellers NT
Kelly’s Bar and Grill NSW
Kingfisher Cafe NSW
Kingsley Australian Steakhouse NSW
Kingsleys Steak & Crabhouse Brisbane QLD
Kingsleys Steak & Crabhouse Woolloomooloo NSW
Kobe Jones Sydney NSW
La Grande Bouffe NSW
La Scala NSW
La Scala ACT
La Tratt NSW
Laguna Jacks QLD
Lake Karrinyup Country Club WA
Lindoni’s QLD
Liquorish Bistro & Bar QLD
Living Room QLD
Loquat VIC
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel NSW
Lotus NSW
Ma Mensa QLD
Marfan NSW
Merimbula Aquarium & Wharf Restaurant NSW
Mezzaluna NSW
Mojo Cafe Bar TAS
Murray Bridge Hotel SA
Nonna Casalinga VIC
Nu Nu QLD
Number Ten Cucina & Bar SA
Ocean Room NSW
Occha VIC
Ochre QLD
The Old George & Dragon NSW
On The Inlet QLD
Onba Tapas Bar TAS
Opera Bar NSW
Pettavel VIC
Plaka ACT
Pony Lounge & Dining NSW
Post Seafood NSW
The Queen’s Club NSW
Range VIC
Red Lantern NSW
Reserve Restaurant Cellar QLD
Richmond Public House VIC
Ripples at Chowder Bay NSW
Rob Roy Hotel SA
Royal George Hotel VIC
RPR’s QLD
Sage & Muntries SA
Scorched VIC
Scratchleys NSW
Shakey Tables NSW
Shark Fin House VIC
Siggi’s at the Port Office QLD
Smolt TAS
Society VIC
Summer Salt NSW
Summit Ridge VIC
Swell & Bonsai NSW
Sydney Cove Oyster Bar NSW
Teppanyaki NSW
The Boat House by the Lake ACT
The McKenzie Grill QLD
The Raw Prawn QLD
The Restaurant at 3 Weeds Rozelle NSW
Toko Surry Hills NSW
Tosolinis Civic ACT
Trevi Lakeside NSW
Tsunami WA
Vans Cafe WA
Veraison QLD
Vivo Bar & Grill QLD
Voyages Bedarra Island Resort QLD
Wasabi Sunshine Beach QLD
Why Not NSW
Witch’s Cauldron WA
Yoshii NSW
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