2018 RISING STAR OF THE YEAR NOMINATION FORM
Nominations are now invited for the 2018 Rising Star of the Year Award.
Nominations are invited from any member of the HVWTA with specific skills in one or more areas such as winemaking, viticulture, hospitality, cellar door, database wine club management and marketing expertise, with one nomination per member. Once the selection panel has confirmed that the criteria for the Rising Star of the Year Award has been met the finalists will proceed to a secret ballot. Each criteria has been weighted with a total score out of 100.
Rising Star of the Year Selection Panel
- Chair of the Hunter Valley Legends Awards Sub-Committee – (or alternate from the Hunter Valley Legends Awards Sub-Committee).
- Representative of the HVWTA (either Sub-Committee Chairperson or HVWTA committee member).
- 2017 Rising Star of the Year.
- Representative of the Hunter Valley tourism and hospitality industries.
- Media Representative.
- Two Living Legends (appropriate to this field).
NB : there is to be no more than one representative per company per selection panel.
Criteria
This award recognises an aspiring star of the Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Industries. This person may be involved in hospitality, winemaking, vineyard management, marketing or sales. This award is for achievements over the period March 2017 to February 2018.
- An outstanding contribution over the preceding twelve months, showing results and achievements.
- Above average representation or achievement of results for the nominee’s employer.
- Representation of the Hunter Valley Wine Industry generally, resulting in raising the profile of the Hunter Valley through cellar door sales, and/or management of your wine club, management of your accommodation or restaurant and marketing/PR expertise.
- The nominee could be a young person, or someone whose Hunter Valley star is in the ascendancy.
Nominations must be received by Monday, 12th March 2018.
