Stanley Wine Bar takes three honours at Tasmania’s 2026 wine-list awards
The north-west coast venue won the top judges’ award, the small-bar category and the public vote in Wine Tasmania’s annual recognition of hospitality businesses supporting local wine.
Stanley Wine Bar leads the awards
Stanley Wine Bar, a small venue on Tasmania’s north-west coast, secured 3 honours at the 2026 Tasmanian Wine List of the Year Awards. It was named Overall Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List of the Year, won Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List – Small Bar and received the People’s Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List of the Year award.1
Wine Tasmania organises the annual awards to recognise hospitality businesses that prioritise Tasmanian wines, introduce customers to the range of local producers and contribute to the state’s wine industry.1
Winners across Tasmania
Stillwater Restaurant won Judges’ Choice Best Tasmanian Wine List – Launceston, with Grain of the Silos Highly Commended. Mures Upper Deck took the Judges’ Choice award for Hobart, while Homestead at Piermont Retreat won the regional category.1
In the small-bar category won by Stanley Wine Bar, Bar Clarry was Highly Commended. Stanley Wine Bar completed its 3-award result by adding the People’s Choice title to its overall judges’ award and small-bar victory.1
Hospitality links and wine tourism
Wine Tasmania CEO Sheralee Davies said the awards reflected strong ties between Tasmania’s producers and hospitality sector. She credited venues of different sizes and locations around the island for supporting local wine, and said restaurants and bars help visitors and residents experience its quality, diversity and stories beyond winery cellar doors.1
The judging panel included Vintage Tasmania’s Curly Haslam-Coates, wine communicator Cassandra Camerer-Charlick, wine journalist Nola James and Wine Tasmania. The awards announcement coincided with the release of the 2027 Tasmanian Wine Trails Guide, an updated resource covering the state’s wine regions and cellar doors. Davies said wine-motivated visitors stay longer, spend more and travel farther into Tasmania’s regions than other visitor groups.1
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