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On Friday, 1 November, Melbourne Royal announced the winners of the 2024 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards at a special Trophy Luncheon, held at Melbourne Showgrounds’ premium venue, Victoria Pavilion. Of the 33 Trophy winners, one trophy tends to stand out amongst the rest – the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy for Best Young Red. This year, the prestigious award was presented to Four Winds Vineyard for their 2023 Shiraz.

The Melbourne Royal Beef Cattle Competition offers breeders a platform to showcase and evaluate their livestock in one of Australia’s largest and most prestigious cattle events. The event culminated in the hotly contested Beef Cattle Interbreed Competition.

Today, the 2024 trophy winners for Australia’s most prestigious national wine awards, the Melbourne Royal Wine Awards, presented by vintrace have been announced at a luncheon at Melbourne Showgrounds’ premier venue, Victoria Pavilion.

The Garryowen Equestrienne Turnout is the most prestigious equestrian event in Australia, and there are few with stronger ties to the competition than Shae Russo. Not only is the rider a three-time winner of the competition recognised in the Garryowen Hall of Fame, but she is also the great-great niece of Violet Murrell, the woman honoured by the annual event.

The ASA (Agricultural Shows Australia) Young Judges Championships host nine categories for judging and parading each year under the ASA national competition program: beef cattle, dairy cattle, alpaca, poultry, Merino sheep, meat breed sheep, and Merino fleece judging, as well as parading competitions in beef and dairy cattle.