PRESS RELEASE: Small Grampians Winery wins Australia’s most prestigious wine award

Fallen Giants Vineyard in the Grampians region of Victoria has won Best Victorian Shiraz, the Trevor Mast Memorial Trophy for Best Australian Shiraz and the coveted Jimmy Watson memorial Trophy at the Melbourne Royal Wine Awards with the 2019 Fallen Giants Shiraz. The wine is 100% estate grown, organically farmed and comes off the Shiraz block which was planted in 1969.
Co Owner and Vigneron, Rebecca Drummond commented “We are truly humbled…as a small family wine producer, we would never have dreamt of this! We love our place and are blessed to have a beautiful old vineyard, so our aspiration has simply been to continue to improve how we farm, and hopefully further contribute to the fine wine reputation of the Grampians. Trevor Mast used to own the vineyard and did so much for the region, so to win his Memorial Trophy as well as the Jimmy Watson is incredible. Hopefully bringing the Jimmy Watson back to the Grampians, like Best’s did in 2012 and Seppelts in 1964…will throw some more light on the region as a wonderful cool climate Shiraz producer”.

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About Fallen Giants
Fallen Giants is a small family owned organic wine producer located in Halls Gap, in the Grampians region of Victoria. The vineyard was planted in 1969 and has plenty of pedigree, first as a grower for Penfolds and then being purchased by the late Trevor Mast of Mount Langi Ghiran fame in the 1990’s. Siblings Rebecca and Aaron Drummond who with their parents purchased the vineyard in 2014. Both Rebecca and Aaron have wine industry backgrounds, Rebecca working with Circe on the Mornington Peninsula and then moving full time to managing the Fallen Giants vineyard, while Aaron had worked with Mount Langi Ghiran, Yering Station & Xanadu and is the General Manager at iconic New Zealand producer, Craggy Range.

About Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
The Melbourne Royal Wine Awards is one of Australia’s oldest and most respected wine shows recognising and rewarding excellence in Australian winemaking. Established in 1884, the Melbourne Royal Wine Awards annually attracts around 3,000 entries from over 500 wineries from across the country.

About The Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy
The Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy is Australia’s most prestigious wine award and is presented in recognition of services rendered to the advancement of the Australian wine industry by the late Jimmy Watson. The award is for the best one or two year old dry red wine.