Wakefield Wines, a family owned Australian winery from the Clare Valley in South Australia, is riding on a wave of success having been announced as the World’s No.1 Winery in the 2017 World Ranking of Wines & Spirits. This ranking came from a field of 50,000 producers, across 80 countries and 13,500 wine journalist, bloggers and judges.
Mitchell Taylor, third-generation Taylor family member and Managing Director of Wakefield Wines is honoured by the accomplishment. “We are incredibly proud to be ranked as the World’s No.1 Winery with the world’s most awarded wine. Since the beginning we’ve sought to make wines that can take on the best in the world. It’s an exciting result for our family, our winemaking team, the Clare Valley wine region and Australian wine as an industry.”