04/09/2026
🍷🏆 WHAT A DAY AT THE WESTERN VICTORIAN WINE CHALLENGE! 🏆🍷
The Summerfield team had a very good reason to raise a glass today, attending the 2026 Western Victorian Wine Challenge Awards Lunch (Western Victoria Wine Challenge) in Ararat - and we’re absolutely thrilled to be heading home with not one, but TWO major awards! 🙌
🥇 BEST CABERNET SAUVIGNON 🥇
Our soon-to-be-released 2024 Summerfield ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon has taken out Best Cabernet Sauvignon - an award we last won in 2024 with our 2022 Reserve Cabernet. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited about this one!
🏆 THE PROVENANCE AWARD 🏆
And then came something particularly special… our Summerfield ‘Reserve’ Shiraz was awarded the prestigious Provenance Award.
This award is all about ageing potential and provenance, with three vintages of the exact same wine judged together - the current vintage, a wine 5–10 years old, and one more than 10 years old.
In our case, that was our 2024, 2018 and 2015 Reserve Shiraz.
To have these wines recognised together is a wonderful endorsement of the longevity, consistency and cellaring capabilities of Summerfield wines - and of the rewards that come with giving great wine time.
It’s also a pretty good reminder of the value of our 'select museum releases', currently available through the cellar door. Someone else (us!) has already done the hard work of cellaring them for you! 🍷😉
Alongside the two major awards, we were also incredibly proud to receive multiple Gold and numerous other medals across our wines.
A MASSIVE thank you to the entire Summerfield team - from vineyard to winery, cellar door and beyond - who work so hard to produce wines we’re incredibly proud to put our name on. ❤️
And a huge shout-out to the Western Victorian Wine Challenge committee, the incredible judges, and all of the wonderful sponsors who make this event possible - including the Pyrenees Shire Council and Melbourne Polytechnic.
These awards are a fantastic celebration of the quality and diversity of wine being produced right across Western Victoria, and we’re genuinely honoured to be part of it.
Two trophies. Gold medals. Plenty of reasons to celebrate. 🥂
Bring on the 2024 Reserve Cabernet! 🍷🍷🍷