Oakridge wines has just taken home the title of ‘Best Value Winery of the Year’ at the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Awards announced last week on the 3 August.
Selected from a pool of several thousand entrants, the prestigious Halliday Wine Companion Awards determine Australia’s top wines, wineries and winemakers.
Oakridge’s own wine connoisseur David Bicknell conveyed his satisfaction at the achievement of ‘Best Value Winery’, and said this award is “important because, for us, it shows our commitment to producing high quality while making the wines affordable as well.”
Wine Companion Editor Campbell Mattinson said “Oakridge proves that to drink the very best, you don’t need to break the bank,” illuminating the notion that great wine does not always have to come at a great expense to customers.
James Halliday, adept wine maker, critic and founder of the Halliday Wine Companion, leads the yearly analysis along with eight other Aussie experts. This group of judges employ meticulous criteria and testing strategies when working to identify Australia’s greatest names in wine.
As wineries from a multitude of regions such as Kangarilla SA, Langhorne Creek SA and Porepunkah Victoria appeared among the 2024 awards, it is significant for the local Yarra Valley area to make a feature and nonetheless, in a customer-friendly manner.
On top of this, stealing the title from last year’s winner of Best Value Winery – Deep Woods Estate in Margaret River WA, Oakridge Wines highlights that the flavours of the cold climate Yarra Valley are not to be reckoned with.
