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Simon is involved in running his small family winery and vineyard, Paul Osicka Wines, located at Graytown on the Eastern boundary of the Heathcote Wine Region.  The vineyard was first established in 1955 by his grandparents and tended by his father for over 50 harvests.

 He also operates another small wine business, The Bull Lane Wine Company.  Previous to this, Simon was the Group Red Winemaker for the Hardy Wine Company and has worked numerous vintages overseas, mostly recently at Domaine J.L. Chave in the Northern Rhone Valley.  Simon has completed the AWRI Advanced Wine Assessment Course, is a former Len Evans Scholar and has judged at a number of wine shows.  He recently planted a small bush vine Grenache vineyard, which is a prefect excuse to drink more Grenache.  

Matt is the winemaker at Curly Flat Vineyard, in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria. He attended the LET in 2003. Since then, he has judged at many regional and capital city wine shows and was the past chair of judges (2018-2021) at the Royal Melbourne Wine Awards.

He lives on a small farm in the Macedon Ranges with his family, and grows Chardonnay for his own label Silent Way.

Based on the Macedon Ranges, Josh produces a selection of single vineyard wines largely based around Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from unique sites within the region as well as it surrounds. A previous Len Evans Scholar and Capital wine show judge and Gourmet Traveller Wines Young Winemaker of The Year 2020.

Luke is a winemaker at Yabby Lake / Heathcote Estate based on the Mornington Peninsula where he has worked for the past 18 years. He also runs his family owned businesses, Devil's Cave Vineyard and barrel racking business, Devil's Racks based in Heathcote. Luke studied at Charles Sturt University, completing a bachelor degree in wine science in 2008. He completed the advanced wine assessment course (AWAC) in 2012 as well as completing several vintages over seas in Burgundy, Northern Rhone and New Zealand. He also has been a keen judge at regional and capital city shows over the past 12 years.

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Tim is currently Chief Winemaker for Kooyong and Port Phillip Estate on the Mornington Peninsula. Prior to this role Tim spent seven years as senior winemaker for Oakridge in the Yarra Valley.

He has been a winemaker since 2007 and has wide array of both commercial and premium winemaking experience.

Tim has been a judge at both regional and capital city wine shows since 2012.

He was named dux of AWAC in 2016 and was a scholar at the prestigious Len Evans Tutorial in 2019

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