Andrea Frost is an award winning wine writer, columnist and author based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2013, she was named Wine Communicator of the Year and her first book, ‘Through a Sparkling Glass, an A-Z of the Wonderland of Wine’, was awarded Best Wine Publication.

In 2012 and 2013, Frost was named Wine Business Monthly’s ‘50 Stars’ of the year.

Fellow countryman, Nick Ryan, is a wine writer, judge and educator based in Adelaide. He used the knowledge he had gained from raiding his father’s wine cellar to land a job with one of Sydney’s leading wine merchants. Realising that writing about it was easier than lifting it has led him to where he is now

Ryan is a regular contributor to Men’s Style Australia and Gourmet Traveller Wine, and has judged in many Australian and international wine shows.

Leading the Bragato Wine Awards team is Chair of Judges, Ben Glover, Group Winemaker for Accolade Wines New Zealand. "This is always a wonderful opportunity and privilege to view, assess and reward our industry peers’ wines”, he said. “The Bragato Wine Awards is a unique forum on the wine industry calendar that champions the grape grower, recognises the vineyard and awards viticultural excellence.”

The Bragato Wine Awards, held each year as part of the New Zealand Winegrowers Romeo Bragato National Conference, recognises that exceptional grape growing is the foundation of making wines that express true quality of place. Judging takes place on 16 and 17 August at AUT in Auckland City. The trophy winning wines will be revealed at the Bragato Dinner at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre in Marlborough on 25 August.

For more information visit: www.bragato.org.nz