STOP PRESS: Scarpantoni Estate has won Australia’s most prestigious wine award The 2008 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge Trophy with its 2006 Scarpantoni Block 3 Shiraz. Click here to view full results.

Welcome to the 2008 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge

Now in its 14th year, the Great Australian Shiraz Challenge has become one of Australia's most prestigious wine awards.

The Challenge is a unique opportunity for Australia's premier red winemakers to showcase their Shiraz and to reinforce the reputation of the variety as a national and international wine icon.

The 2008 Challenge continues the spectacular evolution of the event over the last 12 years.

I commend the Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge to you as one of Australia's most prestigious and highly respected wine awards. The event has also played an important role in creating considerable consumer awareness in this iconic Australian grape variety. An information package and conditions of entry for the 2008 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge is enclosed. I encourage you to take up the challenge and enter one or more of your Shiraz in this year's event.

Alister Purbrick, Chairman, Great Australian Shiraz Challenge