The Tyrrell family association with the grape began with Edward Tyrrell in 1858. Tyrrell's has since grown over a century and a half to become one of Australia's most prestigious winemakers.

Their motto, "Nothing is great unless it is good," came with founder Edward Tyrrell and has ever since been the guiding beacon for the Tyrrell family run wine operation. It has driven their many successes such as the release of Vat 47 in 1971, Australia's first commercial Chardonnay, and ownership of Australia's most awarded white wine to date, Vat 1 Semillon.

Premium vineyards extend from their legendary home in the Hunter Valley to other distinguished grape growing regions of Australia including Heathcote – Victoria, McLaren Vale – South Australia and the Limestone Coast – South Australia. They also source premium grapes from selected vineyards in Western Australia.

• Most prestigious Winery in famed Hunter Valley
• Owner of largest vineyard holdings in new ‘hot region' in Australia for Shiraz – Heathcote
• 1971 – Tyrrell's first release Chardonnay in Australia – with VAT 47. The 1991 VAT 47 won "Best Chardonnay" at the London International Wine & Spirit Competition in1993
• 1979 – Tyrrell's VAT 6 Hunter River Pinot Noir '76 awarded best wine of entire competition at the 1979 Gault & Millau Wine Olympiad in Paris. It subsequently was voted one of the "Worlds Top Dozen Wines" by Time Magazine and also made the front page of the New York Times.
• 1994 – Tyrrell's VAT 9 Shiraz '92 won "Best Shiraz" at the London International Wine & Spirit Competition in 1994
• 1995 – Tyrrell's Vineyards voted Australia's Best Winery by Australian Financial Review Tim White
• 2004 – Andrew Spinaze, Tyrrell's Chief Winemaker, wins both Australian Gourmet Traveller and Winestate Magazines "Winemaker of the Year"
• 2005 – VAT 1 Semillon wins both Best Wine of Sydney Show and Best Show Wine of the Year
• 2008 – Tyrrell's celebrate 150 years of winemaking in the Hunter Valley

"Tyrrell's is an outstanding wine company, the quality and depth of its portfolio is impressive"
Huon Hooke 2008 – One of Australia's foremost wine writers

Andrew Caillard of the prestigious Langton's wine auctioneers says Tyrrells is "one of Australia's great family winemakers with a history and heritage that is inextricably linked to the evolution of the modern day wine industry. The family has, over the years, produced a stellar portfolio of award-winning wines – they've bagged 192 medals and 74 trophies to date, among them important international wine show awards."
The Australian Financial Review, May 16-18 2008