Don’t miss your chance to secure your place at Taste the Awards 2024! The unmissable follow-up event to the Halliday Wine Companion Awards is back with the return of Taste the Awards 2024.
For the first time Taste the Awards will be hosted in Brisbane at Blackbird – the iconic establishment overlooks the famous Brisbane River and Story Bridge. The one-night-only affair will showcase the best of the best from the Australian wine industry. Wine lovers can trial, taste, and take home some of Australia’s best drops.
The intimate event will take wine enthusiasts on this year’s Awards journey. Oenophiles will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with award-winning winemakers and taste wines from award-winning wineries.
Tickets will not only unlock access to unlimited tastings of top-rated wines, but guests can also indulge in gourmet canapés that will be served throughout the evening. In addition, each guest will also receive a Halliday gift bag to take home – included will be the newly released 2024 Halliday Wine Companion.
Taste the Awards is a one-night-only event on Tuesday, August 8 from 6:30pm–9:00pm. Tickets are available to purchase for $135 + booking fee via Humanitix. Halliday members receive early access to the venue.
Key Facts:
Tickets available to purchase through the Halliday website HERE
About us:
About James Halliday Respected wine critic and vigneron James Halliday is the founder of the Halliday Wine Companion. With a wine career spanning over 50 years, he was one of the founders of Brokenwood in the Hunter Valley, and later, Coldstream Hills in the Yarra Valley. James is an unmatched authority on all aspects of the wine industry, and for more than 30 years was among the most senior and active wine judges in Australia. He has won a clutch of awards for his contributions, including the Australian wine industry’s ultimate accolade, the Maurice O’Shea Award. In 2010 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to the wine industry. James has written or contributed to over 80 books on wine since 1970 and has written a weekly wine column for Australian newspapers since 1978.
About Halliday Wine Companion For almost 30 years, the Halliday Wine Companion, founded by James Halliday, has served as the definitive guide to Australian wine. Today, a dedicated team of wine authorities collectively taste around 9000 wines each year. With more than 160,000 tasting notes from over 3500 wineries, winecompanion.com.au offers Australia’s most comprehensive collection of wine reviews and ratings to a highly engaged digital subscriber base. Halliday magazine is printed bi-monthly and offers a uniquely approachable take on wine, food and travel, and in 2022 both Halliday Wine Club and Halliday Wine Academy were launched to serve The Australian wine community. We also publish the Halliday Wine Companion guide – the bestselling annual which sets the benchmark for winemakers, collectors and wine lovers alike. For more, visit winecompanion.com.au.
About the Halliday Wine Companion Awards Every year, the Halliday Wine Companion Tasting Team pinpoint the nation’s top wines, winemakers, viticulturists and wineries from a pool of several thousand featured in the annual Halliday Wine Companion guide. Founder James Halliday, together with Campbell Mattinson, Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Mike Bennie, Ned Goodwin MW, Philip Rich and Shanteh Wale, cherry-pick the high performers from a range of criteria to offer a true representation of Australia’s greatest names in wine. The Awards are one of the most anticipated events on the Australian drinks calendar.
