2027 Best New Winery
Decades – Coal River Valley, Tasmania
With just two wines in the range and two vintages out in the wild, Decades has scaled inconceivable heights and claimed rank as one of Tasmania’s most anticipated annual releases.
It’s been a meteoric rise, but the hype is well deserved for the quality, industry experience, friendship and skill of its co-founders – winemaking royalty turned consultant-to-the-stars Steve Flamsteed (the 2027 Halliday Winemaker of the Year) and master brewer and Stone & Wood co-founder Brad Rogers.
After discovering a shared love of punk music and pinot noir, the two kids from Queensland bonded quickly when they met at Roseworthy College back in ’91. Even though Brad’s heart was in beer, they talked about one day owning a vineyard together.
