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Chief Winemaker and Export Development Manager, McLaren Vale III Associates wines. Previously worked as a winemaker at Rosemount, Boar’s Rock, Haselgrove and overseas at J.Lohr in Paso Robles.

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Winemaker Pepperjack in the Barossa Valley. Previously winemaker at Wolf Blass and Saltram wineries. Has vintaged in Napa at the Beringer winery. Associate judge at Langhorne Creek.

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Winemaker at Kirrihill and his own brand, Brothers at War. Previously at Dorrien Estate. Associate judge at Barossa and Clare Valley wine shows.

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State Manager, Vinosity Fine Wines, wholesaler and distributor. Formerly Managing Director of the Wine Underground and Founder Cork wine Café.

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Winemaker, Wolf Blass Wines. Judge at regional shows over the past ten years including Cairns, Small Winemakers (Stanthorpe), Riverland, and many others. Previously at Lindemans Karadoc. Has vintaged in Tuscany & Burgundy.

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Barossa based winemaking consultant. Formerly senior winemaker Watson Wine Group. Former winemaker at Wynns Coonawarra winery for five years. Previously winemaker at Amberley Estate, Margaret River for six years. Completed a vintage in Languedoc, France.

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Editor/publisher Winestate Magazine. More than 35 years’ experience in the wine industry. Formerly founding publisher of the first US colour wine magazine, manager of the SA Wine Information Bureau, and wine educator with Regency College, in SA.

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Owner and winemaker of Noon Wines, a specialist boutique red winemaker. Specialising in cabernet, shiraz and grenache.

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Currently Production Planning Manager with Fox Creek Wines. Previously winemaker with Accolade and senior winemaker at Boar's Rock and Langhorne Creek Wineries. Has extensive judging experience at capital city and regional wine shows.

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Chief winemaker for Wolf Blass Wines, part of Treasury Estates, and formerly Foster's Group, Beringer-Blass Australia for the past 10 years. Senior judge at Perth, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane wine shows.

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Senior winemaker for Taylors Wines. Was Dux of Oenology at Roseworthy. Has judged at the Canberra, Ballarat, Clare and Adelaide wine shows. Winestate’s Australian Winemaker of the Year 2006.

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Winemaker for Koonara Wines. Formerly chief winemaker for Wynns Coonawarra. A Bachelor of Agricultural Science in Oenology, he has completed more than 20 vintages. Peter has been an associate judge at the Griffith and Canberra wine shows.

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Winemaker with Haselgrove. Previously winemaker with Skillogalee, Rosemount Wines, Orlando Wyndham and De Bortoli Wines. He has completed vintages in the US and Loire (France). In 1993 he attended the AWRI advanced assessment course.