The 2023 Australian Organic Wine Awards are fast approaching!
Applications open on Monday 1 May 2023 for the latest version of our Awards, designed to showcase Australia’s highest quality certified organic and biodynamic wines while raising the profile of our growing industry. There was a record number of entries for our most recent Awards, with 238 bottles submitted by 53 organic and biodynamic wine producers from across Australia.
Further details and application links will be available on this page as of 1 May. The Australian Organic Wine Awards Associate Scholarship is currently open for applications; the Scholarship is AOL’s initiative to help foster the next generation of female ambassadors for the organic wine industry. Applications close on 14 April 2023, with more information available here.
If you have any questions about the 2023 Awards program, please contact Shari Wilding via email or by calling 07 3350 5716.
Awards Timeline
Wine Scholarship applications open: Friday, 3 March 2023
Wine Scholarship applications close: Friday, 14 April 2023
Wine applications open: Monday, 1 May 2023
Applications close: Friday, 9 June 2023
Winners announced: September 2023
Australian Organic Wine Awards 2023 Judges
Mike Bennie
Wine & Drinks Writer, Presenter & Wine Judge
- Co-Founder/Partner – P&V Wine + Liquor Merchants
- Writer – Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine
- Wine/Drinks Editor – delicious.
- Editor-at-Large and contributor/writer – WineFront.com.au
- Wine writer – Voyeur Virgin Airlines Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Wine Business Magazine, Men’s Style magazine
- Len Evans Tutorial Graduate
- Co-Founder – Drink Easy Awards
Ramon Arnavas
Sommelier, Wine Judge
- Australian Organic Wine Awards 2020 Panel Chair Judge
- Panel Chair Judge RASQ Toowoomba Wine Show and Mediterranean Challenge 2019
- Judge RASQ Toowoomba Wine Show and Mediterranean Challenge 2016 and 2018
- Judge Royal Queensland Wine Show 2017, 2018 and 2019
- Len Evans Tutorial Scholar 2016
- Lorenzo Galli Scholarship National DUX 2016
- Ruinart Sommelier challenge finalist 2016
- Recipient of the ‘Sommeliers Australia’ Scholarship in 2010.
Alex McPherson
Group Beverage Director, STK Group
- Australian Organic Wine Awards 2020 Judge
- Len Evans Scholar 2003
- Wine Judge
- WSET
- Beverage Director
- Sommelier.
Olivia Evans
Sommelier, Wine Professional
- Australian Organic Wine Awards Associate Scholarship 2021 recipient
- Restaurant Manager and Sommelier, Fleet Restaurant, Brunswick Heads
- Contributing Writer, Paradiso Magazine
- Working With Wine Fellowship – National Finalist (2019)
- Court of Master Sommelier Certified
- Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine – Nominated Young Sommelier Of The Year (2017)
- New Zealand Wine Grower’s ‘Sommit’ Scholarship (2017)
- Central Otago E’Sensual Attendee – New Zealand (2017)
The recipient of the 2023 Australian Organic Wine Awards Associate Scholarship will also join the judging panel to provide their input.