Awarded For: Awarded for best Chardonnay.

Donated By: Donated by AP John Coopers, first presented in 2011. AP John Coopers is a family owned operation which has been producing world class premium oak barrels for over 120 years. Today the company continues to develop and provide a range of barrels for a large variety of fruit types and wine styles made within Australia and abroad. The Coopering trade was formalised as far back as 13th Century Europe with the official recognition of the Coopers Guild - a body whose name had already appeared in official records a century or more earlier. Since that time, the Cooper's skills have been passed on from Master Cooper to Apprentice throughout the generations to the present day. Today those skills extend to the production and manufacture of a whole new spectrum of oak related products designed to complement the winemaking process.