Sarah began her wine career in 2001 with vineyard work at Broken wood in the Hunter Valley and by2004 Sarah had become Brokenwood’s Assistant Winemaker. Sarah has completed the Future Leaders of the Wine Industry Program as well as the prestigious LenEvans Tutorial Program. Building on these experiences and enjoying the wines of the world withInternational harvests in both Oregon and the Rhone Valley. Sarah went on to be the Senior Wine maker at Bimbadgen from 2010 to 2013 before a job opportunity too good to refuse presented itself and she left the Hunter Valley and headed south to Yarra Yering. Sarah moved to the Yarra Valley joining the team at Yarra Yering in September 2013 as Winemaker and is excited to be focusing on a single iconic vineyard site. The release of her first wines, the 2014 vintage saw her named James Halliday’s Winemaker of the Year 2017. Now in the role of Winemaker and General Manager, Sarah will continue the tradition that Dr Bailey Carrodus started in 1969 with the first vineyard plantings at Yarra Yering. Wine show judging has been an important and enjoyable part of Sarah’s calendar year since her first position as a Trainee Judge at the Hunter Valley Wine Show in 2007. Ten years later she returned asPanel Chair and now takes over as Chair of Judges for 2018. Each year Sarah judges at a number of different shows including regional shows and Capital City Shows.