Young Gun People's Choice
Play James Halliday for an evening.
Overview
Twelve of Australia's best young winemakers will be gathering in Sydney on Thursday, May 30, and you're invited to spend an evening in their company. You'll be sampling their latest drops, asking all the questions and, ultimately, deciding who decides to get take home the 13th Young Gun of Wine People's Choice Award.
To be part of wine history in the making — and play James Halliday for the night — you need to snag a $45 (or $55 after May 22) ticket and rock up at midday. The event, being held by Best Cellars, will be happening at Porteño on Cleveland Street. As well as wine, there'll be a selection of the restaurants famed Argentinian snacks — hopefully including those crispy brussels sprouts.
Four states and some of Australia's most famous wineries are represented in the Young Gun list of finalists — including Andrew Scott from La Petite Mort in Queensland's Granite Belt, Sacha La Forgia from the Adelaide Hills Distillery, Ben Ranken from Macedon Ranges' Wilimee and Rhys Parker and Paul Hoffman from Vallée du Venom in the Margaret River. If, on the day, any particular drops takes your fancy, you'll be able to buy bottles at cellar door prices.