Tyson Stelzer Wins Wine Communicator of the Year

2015 winners of the Wine Communicator Awards were announced on Tuesday night, including the coveted Wine Communicator of the Year title.

It was Tyson Stelzer who was the deserved winner of this year’s Wine Communicator of the Year award, recognising his popular ‘The Champagne Guide’, as well as other published works on the Australian wine industry and his new People of the Vines television show.

Also recognising Stelzer’s newly launched Champagne dedicated website and digital resource, the Wine Communicators of Australia (WCA) awarded him the Digital Communicator of the Year award.

Chair of WCA, Angus Barnes said: “Tyson - in all his efforts and communications - is an insightful, respectful and gifted communicator who thoroughly deserves this second turn as our Wine Communicator of the Year.”

Other winners included:

Tony Anisimoff - Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE New Wine Writer Award

Max Allen - Best Published Feature Articles or Wine Column

Richard Smart - Best Trade or Technical Wine Writer

Wine101x (University of Adelaide) - Best Wine Educator

Alquimie - Best Wine Publication (trade or consumer)

VintageTasmania, by Tony Walker - Best Wine Book

Gourmet Traveller WINE (Digital) - Best Wine Website or App

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