2025 Affiliated Events

Enhance your AWITC experience with these affiliated events, designed to foster networking and social engagement within the wine industry. Connect with peers and build valuable relationships.

10th Birthday Gala Dinner

Saturday, 19 July 2025 | From 6:30pm
National Wine Centre, Adelaide SA 5000

  • Since it’s formation in 2015, Australian Women in Wine has been instrumental in advocating for a more inclusive and gender equal industry. From grand, showcase events like hosting awards ceremonies in London, New York and Sydney, to slogging it out behind the scenes lobbying authorities, the work of Australian Women in Wine has moved the industry forward for the better – but there’s still a long way to go.

    Book now and get your most fabulous outfits ready. There’s a lot to celebrate, to reflect on and to look forward to.

2025 Awards Dinner

Sunday, 20 July 2025 | From 7:00pm
Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide SA 5000

  • The Australian Wine Industry Awards returns for 2025, continuing in partnership with McWilliam’s Wines and Mount Pleasant Wines to present both the Maurice O’Shea Award and McWilliam’s Wines Excellence in Action Award.

    This year marks the 35th anniversary since the founding of the Maurice O’Shea Award in 1990 by the McWilliam family to pay homage to Mount Pleasant’s legendary winemaker Maurice O’Shea.

    The 2025 Australian Wine Industry Awards will be presented at an exclusive event at Adelaide Town Hall, SA on 20th July 2025, in conjunction with the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference (AWITC), with master of ceremonies, Katie Spain. The evening includes a special three-course menu, with wines selected by these two distinguished wineries; McWilliam’s & Mount Pleasant and live music.

Fat Farmers Run/Walk

Tuesday, 22 July 2025 | 6:30am
Riverbank Lawns, Adelaide SA 5000

  • All welcome! Join Fat Farmers for a run/walk at the 19th AWITC along the River Torrens. From walking enthusiasts to running professionals, this event is for you.

    Fat Farmers started in 2012 when Greg Hean, Ben Wundersitz and Scott Hoyle (all farmers near Maitland on Yorke Peninsula, SA) started going to the new local gym. They were over 40 and joked about becoming "Fat Farmers" now they were no longer playing footy. 

    Their mission is to inspire and encourage farmers and those living in rural communities to improve their health and wellbeing through physical activity.

Agritech Wine Tech Meetup

Tuesday, 22 July 2025
The 19th AWITC

  • AgriTech meetup to link into the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Wine Tech and the global wine industry converging on Adelaide this July.

    We have AGOVOR coming across from NZ, and they'll be bringing their powerful lightweight electric tractor 'GOVOR' designed to automate outdoor manual labour tasks for row based growers.

    Frigid.Cloud will be sharing their cloud-based platform to optimise winery cooling systems, saving energy and providing real-time insights into the fermentation process

    3pm* Wine Tech conference visit
    5pm - Networking drinks
    5.30pm - Presentations
    6.30pm - Networking drinks and presentations

    *3pm - There will also be the opportunity to go to the Wine Tech Trade event at the Adelaide Convention Centre in the afternoon and meet some of the agtech innovators at the show such as Burro and Athena Irrigation

    Thanks to the French Australian Chamber of Commerce for partnering on the event, and we'll have the French Ambassador opening the event as well as french and Australian wines to try!

    Thanks to ThincLab for generously hosting the AgriTech community, and to growAG for making this event happen.

Yeastie Boys

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

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