We are excited to announce that 919 Wines has taken out the award for Fortified Wine of the Year from Winestate Magazine. Our winemaker, Eric Semmler, was named runner up Winemaker of the Year.

919 Wines Classic Muscat was named Fortified Wine of the Year from five finalists, including 919 Classic Topaque and three others. Winestate Magazine assesses over 10,000 wines a year before selecting the award from five finalists.

“This award is an amazing and unexpected result for 919 Wines and reinforces our reputation as one of Australia’s best fortified wine producers. Sustainable organic viticultural practices, together with experienced and respectful winemaking practices has lead to this outstanding result ”, said winemaker Eric Semmler.  “This award contributes to the Riverland’s standing as a region to watch for exciting high quality wines. For 919 Wines, it continues to build our brand and reinforces our reputation as an established regional leader with exceptional quality products.

This outstanding result would not be possible without a solid and passionate team behind us. I would also like to acknowledge Winestate Magazine, who continue to be an important forum for assessing Australian and international wines for stylistic excellence.”

919 Wines has won a number of awards in the past, including the Adelaide Review Wine of the Year, the Alternative Varieties Wine Show Organic Wine of the Year and the Winestate Organic Wine of the Year. Eric has previously been awarded Winestate Australian Winemaker of the Year and the Riverland Winemaker of the Year.

We'll drink to that!

919 Wines has had another solid year of wine show results in 2021 although we entered a reduced number of shows this year due to a smaller 2020 vintage. We like to benchmark our wines against other winemakers and regions so that we continue to keep the quality of our product high, and our wines in line with changing consumer tastes and winemaking trends. 

Here are our top results for 2021:

We are pleased to let you know our latest successes on the show circuit:

919 2017 Durif: Finalist Alternative Red Wine of the Year Winestate Magazine (top 5)

919 2018 Touriga Nacional: Finalist Alternative Red Wine of the Year Winestate Magazine (top 5)

919 2018 Petit Manseng: Finalist Alternative White Wine of the Year Winestate Magazine (top 5)

919 2018 Touriga Nacional: Trophy Riverland Wine Show Best Organic Wine

919 2018 Touriga Nacional: Trophy Riverland Wine Show Best Alternative Variety

919 2018 Touriga Nacional: Trophy Riverland Wine Show Best Single Vineyard Riverland Wine

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a number of awards at the 2017 Melbourne International Wine Competition!