2026 Best New Winery
Elanto Vineyard – Yarra Valley, Victoria
Elanto Vineyard has been named the 2026 Companion's Best New Winery.
"And to truly encapsulate the meaning of ‘Best New’, we recalibrated the criteria for the award this year. Best New will no longer refer to wineries submitting to the Companion for the first time, though these will still be identified throughout the pages of this Wine Companion book by the new leaf symbol. Rather, this award now celebrates a new winery with newly established vines (seven years’ vine age or younger) or a new winery (no older than five years) making wines with established, owned or sourced fruit.
And, on this premise, we are delighted to celebrate Elanto as the Best New Winery, and call out its contributions to the Australian wine landscape.
