Best Wine List ACT – The Boat House Best Wine List NSW – Cirrus Best Wine List QLD – Otto, Brisbane Best Wine List SA – Hardy’s Verandah Best Wine List TAS – Fico Best Wine List VIC – Ten Minutes by Tractor Best Wine List WA – Settlers Tavern TYPE OF TRADE AWARD WINNERS Best City Restaurant Wine List – Cirrus Best Club Restaurant Wine List – Newcastle Club Best Country Restaurant Wine List – Ten Minutes by Tractor Best Hotel Restaurant Wine List – Black Bar & Grill Best Pub Restaurant Wine List – Watervale Hotel Best Wine Bar List – Cru Bar + Cellar CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS The Tony Hitchin Award (Best New List) – a’Mare Best Wine List (50 Wines) – Ishizuka Best Wine List (100 Wines) – Spice Temple, Sydney Best Wine List (200 Wines) – Fix Wine Bar + Restaurant Best List of Wines by The Glass – Cru Bar + Cellar Best Food & Wine Matching List – Pilu at Freshwater Best Champagne List – Cru Bar + Cellar Best Sparkling Wine List – Aria, Sydney Best Non-Alcoholic List – Ishizuka Best Aperitif List – One Penny Red Best Digestif List – Bistecca Best Sake List – Sokyo Best Beer List – Charred Kitchen & Bar Best Listing of a Region’s Wines – Settlers Tavern Best Listing of Australian Wines – Bennelong Best Listing of ACT Wines – The Boat House Best Listing of NSW Wines – Charred Kitchen & Bar Best Listing of Queensland Wines – Cru Bar + Cellar Best Listing of South Australian Wines – Hardy’s Verandah Best Listing of Tasmanian Wines – Terrace Kitchen Best Listing of Victorian Wines – Pt Leo Estate Best Listing of Western Australian Wines – Wildflower Best Wine List – Sommeliers’ Choice Award – Quay Restaurant Best Wine List – Australia’s Choice Award – Il Lido HALL OF FAME 2021 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS – HALL OF FAME – 2021 Attica (2020) Jonah’s (2017) Bentley Restaurant + Bar (2015) Rockpool Bar & Grill, Perth (2014) Wickens at Royal Mail (2012) [as Royal Mail] Pilu at Freshwater (2011) Rockpool Bar & Grill, Melbourne (2010) Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney (2009) Aria (2003) INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS – HALL OF FAME – 2021 David Lawler (2018) Franck Moreau MS (2014) GEOGRAPHIC AWARD WINNERS – HALL OF FAME – 2021 Apoteca (Best SA) 2004, 2011, 2012 (as Apothecary 1878) Attica (Best Victoria) 2013, 2015, 2020 Appellation (Best SA) 2008, 2009, 2010 Blackbird (Best Queensland) 2017, 2018, 2020 Char (Best NT) 2012, 2013, 2014 Cru Bar + Cellar (Best Queensland) 2004, 2009, 2015 Rockpool Bar & Grill, Perth (Best WA) 2011, 2012, 2014 Stillwater (Best Tasmanian) 2016, 2017, 2018 Terrace, Launceston, (Best Tasmanian) 2008, 2009, 2019 TYPE OF TRADE AWARD WINNERS – HALL OF FAME – 2021 Bert’s (Best Hotel) 2018, 2019, 2020 The Botanical (Best Pub) 2012, 2013, 2014 Glass Brasserie (Best International Hotel) 2008, 2009, 2010 Jonah’s (Best Hotel) 2015, 2016, 2017 Love, Tilly Devine (Best Wine Bar) 2013, 2016, 2017 Members Dining Room (Best Club) 2013, 2014, 2015 [as RACV City Club] Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (Best Club) 2003, 2004, 2008 Settlers Tavern (Best Pub) 2009, 2010, 2011 Wickens at Royal Mail (Best Country Restaurant) 2009, 2011, 2012 [as Royal Mail] CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS – HALL OF FAME – 2021 Attica (Best Non-Alcoholic) 2018, 2019, 2020 Avoca Hotel (Best Beer) 2018, 2019, 2020 Chiswick, Woollahra (Best Small List: 100) 2015, 2017, 2018 Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney (Best Aperitif) 2011, 2012, 2017 Rockpool Bar & Grill, Sydney (Best Digestif) 2012, 2015, 2020 Settlers Tavern (Best Listing of Western Australian Wines) 2017, 2018, 2019 Aria (Reader’s Choice Award) 2011, 2012, 2013 **All Award Winners will be published in the December issues of QANTAS Magazine / Travel Insider and Drinks Trade Magazine and Drinks Trade online after 5:00pm AEDT on Monday 29 November 2021. All Award Winners and all Glass Award recipients will also be listed at winelistoftheyear.com.au after 5:00pm AEDST on Monday 29 November. FOR INTERVIEWS, FURTHER INFORMATION AND IMAGES: Elaine Millar, M: 0414 258 E: Elaine Millar elaine@elainemillar.com Rob Hirst, M: 0416 011 838 E: Rob Hirst rob.hirst@tuckerseabrook.com EDITOR NOTES The Australian hospitality industry has continued to suffer in 2021 due to COVID-19 and subsequent restrictions on movement and trade. The wine lists for the 2021 awards were submitted before lockdowns were reintroduced again and the full realisation of the impact and consequences of COVID-19 were felt by the industry. Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards recognises that a number of the lists submitted in 2021 may now look different today as a consequence of COVID-19. In another extraordinarily tough year for the Industry, Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards team stands strong in its commitment to highlighting the craft and achievements of Australia’s sommeliers. This is support that, in many ways is needed now more than ever before. Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards was founded in 1994 by Rob and the late Judy Hirst, and Tucker Seabrook to recognise and reward the commitment, craft and talent of Australia’s sommeliers, as well as the investment by business owners, in building and maintaining great wine lists and the cellars behind them. |