The Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers

The Boutique Wine Awards application forms will be on this home page at the end of February and the final closing date for samples and forms is 25 May. Huon Hooke will Chair the awards for the 17th year.

The new kid on the block this year is Australia's Wine Industry Design Competition which we have developed from the original Boutique Wine Label Design Awards which was founded in 1998.

The comp' is open to all Australian wine companies regardless of size. There will be open classes plus divisions regarding tonnage to cater for large and boutique wineries plus the exciting addition is the Designer's Choice class open to professional and student designers.

Lisa McGuigan has agreed to take the position of Chair of Judges, Craig George of CCL Clear Image is Deputy Chairman plus Master of Wine Toni Paterson and SMH's Good Living's Editor Sue Bennett will also join the 12 member judging team.

Application forms will be made available from February 13 on this page and through the mail.