The Premier's Gold Trophy for Best Victorian Wine

The trophy was to recognise ‘excellence in the Victorian wine industry’. Exhibits had to be made from 100% Victorian grapes and the wine must have been vintaged in Victoria. Vintaged means the process of turning the grapes into wine. This trophy was presented in 1997 to the Royal Melbourne Show by the then premier, the Hon. Jeff Kennett, on behalf of the Government of Victoria. The Bowl represents the Sun. The 'chased' band is the chemical formula for the fermentation of sugar to alcohol, C6H1206=2C25oH+2Co2. (Usually numbers are smaller at base of letters). Redgum timber represents the red soil and marble represents the metamorphism of Limestone in the soil.