Finalist for Australian Producer of the Year - London!

- 2009 International Wine & Spirit Competition -

14 November 2009

Family-owned winery, Nugan Estate has been named a finalist for Australian Wine Producer of the Year at the 2009 International Wine & Spirit Competition in London.

Nugan Estate is one of only six finalists in the running for the 2009 Australian Wine Producer of the Year, with the winner to be announced at the Awards Banquet on November 26th 2009 at London Guildhall. If successful, Nugan Estate will then go on to compete for the Winemaker of the Year Trophy which is selected, and announced on the same night, from the winners of the National Wine Producer Category Trophies including Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.

This is an amazing achievement for Nugan Estate with all their entries receiving medals with the following wines receiving outstanding results being judged with more than 7,000 entries from 80 countries:

·  2006 Nugan Estate Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon ($22.99) TOP GOLD

·  2007 Nugan Estate Riverina Botrytis Semillon ($20.99) TOP GOLD

·  2007 Nugan Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz ($22.99) GOLD

·  2008 Nugan Estate King Valley Chardonnay ($19.99) TOP SILVER

·  2008 Nugan Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz ($22.99) TOP SILVER

·  2008 Cookoothama Shiraz ($14.99) TOP SILVER

·  2008 Cookoothama Chardonnay ($14.99) TOP SILVER

An ecstatic chief winemaker, Daren Owers, commented:

“Being a finalist for Australian Wine Producer of the Year is an amazing achievement! It’s an endorsement of what we believe at Nugan Estate – telling the world Australia has a regional story and our wines are made to reflect the unique characteristics of our regions be it Coonawarra Cabernet, McLaren Shiraz, King Valley Chardonnay or Riverina Botrytis. I am extremely proud of our whole team and the Nugan family for investing in these vineyards.”

Founded in 1969, the International Wine & Spirit Competition, is the premier competition of its kind in the world. Its aim is to promote the promote the quality and excellence of the world’s best wines, spirits and liqueurs with over 7,000 entries from over 80 countries.

Distribution: Nugan Estate wines are distributed directly by Nugan Estate in NSW, Deja Vu in VIC & QLD, Off the Vine in WA & SA and Oak Barrel in ACT.

For further information, please contact: Tiffany Nugan, International Marketing Manager, 0414 969 110 or or Bly Carpenter, The Mod Comms Group, 0407 775 105 or .

Nugan Estate is a premium producer of fine wine and extra virgin olive oil based in Griffith, NSW. It is part of the Nugan Group which was founded in 1940 as a fruit and vegetable packer and expanded in the 1970s into juice production – later becoming one of the largest exporters of niche juice products to Asia. In 1993 Nugan Group further diversified its operations planting vineyards and selling fruit under contract. From there, winemaking was a natural progression.

Nugan Estate currently owns 590 hectares of vineyards in the Riverina, McLaren Vale and King Valley, Victoria. In addition, the family sources premium quality fruit from the Coonawarra. Family operated by Michelle, Matthew and Tiffany Nugan, the Nugan Group is now complemented by four wine labels, Nugan Estate, Cookoothama, Wally’s Hut and Talinga Park and premium Nugan Estate olive oil.