After thousands of bottles of wine from wineries across Australia were delivered to the Melbourne Showgounds for The Royal Melbourne Wine Show, judging started yesterday, July 16.
The Royal Melbourne Wine Show is one of Australia’s largest and most prestigious wine shows and the annual awards are recognised by the wine producers as an important competition in which to benchmark their produce.
More than 490 Australian wineries sent in whites and reds amounting to more than 3,845 entries.
The Royal Melbourne Wine Show is introducing two new classes of white wine and a single vineyard class to the award categories in 2007.