Vintage evening sees Hotel du Vin toast the best of Australian wine

As part of its on-going series of wine dinners, Hotel du Vin hosted an evening that celebrated the ‘Punks and Pioneers’ of the wine world and invited guests to challenge their perceptions (and misconceptions) about Australian wine. A four-course menu was paired with some excellent vintages selected by Katie Smith and Nadia Rae of Bibendum, which included those from maverick producer Col McBride.

Photography by Jas Sansi

Captions:

1 Tony Elvin, Katie Smith, Nadia Rae, Nico Ante

2 Phil Birchall, Clare Everett

3 Matt Roden, Kate Morley

4 Amanda and Tim Larnder

5 Ruth Bridges, Andy Watkinson, Kirsty Nicholls

6 Lee and Paula Noble

7 Sheila Kelly-Trow, Sandra Gash

8 Arron Wincott, Molly Aston, Nico Ante