Exhibitors 2026

Welcome to the 11th series of Taste Champagne Australia! Our 13th year and 40th, 41st and 42nd events land at a pivotal moment for champagne in Australia.

It’s never been tougher in the champagne market globally, but in spite of climatic, economic and political headwinds, there are incredible success stories as the most fanatical houses craft ever more
refined cuvées and set new sales records! We are proud to showcase these again this year.

In 2025, Champagne shipments slumped to 266 million bottles globally, the smallest volume in a quarter of a century. Not since 2001 has the world consumed less champagne.

Australia’s shipments rallied slightly last year. Following a record high of 10.5 million bottles imported in 2022 and a drop to just 7.30 million in 2024 (the lowest since 2014), 2025 saw a
slight rebound to 7.55 million. This increase is all the more impressive in the wake of the weakest AUD-EUR exchange rate in more than a decade, lingering throughout most of the year, only
beginning to recover at the start of 2026. Australia maintains its position as the world’s seventh largest champagne market and the largest consumption per head outside Europe.

Global wine consumption is now at its lowest level since 1961 and continues to decline. Champagne is better positioned to weather these challenging times than any other region. More
than any other, Champagne has defined its success over the centuries first and foremost because it is champagne, the only wine appellation in the world to establish a category synonymous with
the region. It is this collective success that sets champagne apart, more than any particular brand, variety, vintage or process. Just as its strength of production is fundamentally founded on a blend,
bringing together disparate parts from different places and different people across a vast and diverse region, so too its strength in the market is likewise inextricably reliant upon the unity of champagne as a region to maintain its leading position in an increasingly competitive world of sparkling wine.

Champagne has never faced stronger competition here in Australia. In 2025, Tasmania recorded its record biggest ever harvest, the highest ever percentage of which was destined for sparkling
wines. In spite of this burgeoning production, sparkling grapes also set a record price of almost seven times the national wine grape average, reflecting the meteoric rise and rise in quality of
Tasmania’s finest fizz. In the face of the general decline in wine consumption globally, sparkling represents the one and only category on the rise. It has never been more important for Champagne
to keep its eye on the ball.

From the very beginning, Taste Champagne has embodied champagne’s unique collective mandate, bringing together the diversity of champagne houses, growers and coopératives small and
large to celebrate and showcase champagne’s full and magnificent kaleidoscope of contrast.

For the past 13 years, Taste Champagne has not only been the biggest and most anticipated champagne event in the country, it has also set the standard for wine showcase events in Australia.
Feedback from our trade, media and public guests and exhibitors continues to demonstrate that this remains the most important event on the annual wine calendar.

Taste Champagne is an acute barometer of the status of champagne in Australia. Sadly, this year fewer houses and importers have chosen to showcase their cuvées than in the past. It’s no secret that
times are tough in the market, and we fully appreciate that their costs have never been higher and sales have never been under more pressure. Nonetheless, a smaller showing is a big disappointment for us, and for our guests. It’s a loss for these brands to miss the biggest champagne showcase of the year. At a difficult time like this, it’s more vital than ever for every brand to stay front and centre in the minds of Australian wine trade, media and champagne lovers, and Taste Champagne is the one and only forum that unites champagne and brings together its houses, growers and coopératives.

Taste Champagne is more resolute than ever in its mandate of backing the vital champagne category in Australia by supporting the houses and their importing agents. We do all we can to
encourage them to participate, and we offer discounts on their cost of participation to encourage attendance across all three cities. We also strongly encourage participation in our public events and
offer a rebate to offset the cost of the bottles that they pour. We believe this to be a world first and unprecedented in wine events globally.

After more than 40 events spanning 13 years, Taste Champagne has weathered multiple cycles of the ceaseless rollercoaster that is the wildly oscillating fluctuation of champagne sales down
under. At this current low point in the cycle, this, too, shall pass, and it is encouraging to see optimistic signs that champagne sales will continue to rally this year.

We are currently witnessing an increasing shift to a two-speed champagne economy in Australia. While some houses and importers reported a dismal result last year, others celebrated all-time
record sales down under!

It’s never been more important for Champagne to set itself apart and present a united showcase. While there may be fewer brands in the room this year, those that are here are presenting the finest
champagnes they have ever made, and more motivated than ever to share their cuvées and their stories. Make the most of every one of them. Thank them for being here in spite of these difficult
times, and give them your wholehearted support in your purchasing decisions this year. I commend every one of them to you again this year. – Tyson Stelzer.

Follow the links below for the full list of houses at each event.

Exhibitors 2026

Sydney Trade & Media Exhibitors

Sydney Public Exhibitors

Melbourne Trade & Media Exhibitors

Melbourne Public Exhibitors

Brisbane Trade & Media Exhibitors

Brisbane Public Exhibitors