Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries 2024: 1–25

Best wineries Australia

The Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries 2024 celebrates the best producers in Australia right now.

Taking out the top spot for 2024 is Hunter Valley icon Tyrrell's Wines. Tyrrell’s has been ranked the number one winery for its exceptional portfolio, which encompasses everyday wines, along with some of the finest single-site expressions in the country. Coming in at a close second is the Yarra Valley's Giant Steps, which was also named the 2025 Winery of Year in the 2025 Companion.

Beechworth's Giaconda sits at number three, with some of the top Hunter Valley wineries represented, and some of the best wineries in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Clare Valley and Eden Valley flying the flag for SA.

Cullen Wines and Vasse Felix are home to some of the best wine from Margaret River, while House of Arras and Pooley are two of the best wineries to visit in Tasmania. Mulline has the Bellarine Peninsula covered when it comes to one of the best Geelong wineries, and the Macedon Ranges' Bindi Wines and Gippsland's Bass Phillip feature at number 11 and 19, respectively.

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Tyrrell’s Wines | Giant Steps | Giaconda | Yangarra Estate Vineyard | Mount Mary | Oakridge Wines | Cullen Wines | Grosset | Yarra Yering | Mount Pleasant | Bindi Wines | House of Arras | Vasse Felix | Henschke | Penfolds | Mulline | Koomilya | Tolpuddle Vineyard | Bass Phillip | Yeringberg | The Standish Wine Company | Pooley | Wendouree | Yalumba | Wynns Coonawarra Estate

1. Tyrrell's Wines

With the family estate founded in 1858, it would be easy for Tyrrell’s to rest on tradition – so deep and so profound it is – to settle into the comfort of cruise control. But that’s never been the Tyrrell’s style. History is the deep heartbeat, but constant refinement the modus operandi. Chris Tyrrell is the fifth-generation custodian of the family estate, taking the operational lead in 2014. That was an auspiciously fine vintage to take the reins, and a decade later, Chris’ leadership – alongside his legendary father, Bruce – has ensured an ever-upward arc, with the estate refined into one of peerless excellence. There are a lot of wines under the Tyrrell’s banner, but all have their place, from the everyday up to some of this country’s finest single-site expressions. And while blending across sites has always been a highpoint, that isolation and celebration of exceptional vineyards and blocks, coupled with a deftly light touch in the winery, rightly enshrine Tyrrell’s greatness. Just over two dozen wines were submitted to the 2025 Companion, across a range of prices, and over half notched gold-medal scores, with eleven 96 or higher. Tyrrell’s are in rarefied territory.

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