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Season One · 2026

The live ladder.

Ladder updates live

The Ladder

96 players
01Piper de Raadt⚡ Free Run143
Murrumbateman (Radelaide now) · Cellar Hand
02Siyuan Hua142
On the ladder
03Topsi W.134
Clare · Wino
04Stefan Sancin⚡ Free Run131
On the ladder
05Roberta Ruotolo⚡ Free Run128
On the ladder
06Harrison Davies126
Klemzig · Writer
07Sam Cooney123
On the ladder
08Mike Walters108
On the ladder
09Simone C.107
Stanley Flat · Novice grape grower
10Susanne Wuerfl90
On the ladder
11Jed Blood79
12Pedro74
13Hayley L.73
14Jordan Kaas70
15Tarita Furlan70
16Ben Marx69
17PM67
18Adam T.66
19Liam H.52
20M. Corbett50
21Claire H.46
22Casey van Hamburg46
23Shelby H.42
24L. Frost40
↑ The Grand Final cut · 24 seats
25Jessica Klein-Gibaud37
26Felix Pyne36
27Patrick Gilhooly35
28Norbert Sehmer34
29Ansel Ashby32
30Charlotte Klein-Gibaud32
31Yuko Frost31
32Jo Thompson31
33Molly Yang30
34Phoebe Christofi30
35Olivia Brenecki29
36wang han27
37Finlay McCulloch25
38Mel Hamilton24
39Viene Gladigau22
40Lauren H.21
41Luke S.21
42C. Hallows21
43Emma Maguire16
44Henry Ratcliff15
45Greg Stanton15
46Andrew Williams14
47Morena Victoria14
48Ben Hoy13
49Laura F.10
50James Mclean10
51Tessa lugg10
52Xavier W.10
53Caleb E.9
54Matt Turnbull6
55S. Jenkins5
56K. Bullen5
57D. Grimshaw5
58Wayne Ahrens5
59Carlos Santiago Johnson4
60James Meadows1
61Xavier Wills0
62rebeccaanna joseph0
63Susanne Wuerfl0
64Drew Murray0
65Skye rudge0
66John Smith0
67Richard Wright0
68Guanyi Sun0
69xiyu li0
70Mengqi Zhou0
71Kate Gooding0
72Cameron Rathbone0
73Luke Steele0
74Luke Broadbent0
75Josh Trinchini0
76Jordan Asbroek0
77Ally Gossen0
78Plath Chu0
79Skye Bollen0
80Luke Scicluna0
81Brenden Robnik0
82Hayley0
83Bridie0
84Jason Nordin0
85Sam Barry0
86Vanessa Mills0
87Christy Nordin0
88Jin Maekawa0
89Harriet Shead0
90Jack Spyker0
91Carolyn Macleod0
92Paul Rohrlach0
93Harry Thandi0
94Hayley0
95Zoe Wilde0
96Michael Hart0

24 seats at the Grand Final · 5 Dec — Free Runs locked, the rest by season points.

⚡ Free Run — won a cup: their Grand Final seat is locked.

* House Players play for fun — they can't qualify for the Final.

Team Ladder

5 teams
01The Hobby Drinkers213
Adelaide Hills · 3 players
02No idea210
Clare · 2 players
03Winegers86
SA · 2 players
04Your lees is up66
Adelaide Plains · 2 players
05Pauline Hanson's Wine Nation2
Straya · 2 players

* A team's score is its members' points added up — counted from the day each one joined.

Season One · 2026
GET ON THE LADDER.
Free to join · 18+ · SA residents
Every $25 flight = 5 pts · ace it for 10 more
Five regional cups · $5,000 Grand Final · Dec 5
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How it works

Blind tasting, played for keeps. Every flight you taste, every cup you enter, every wine you nail — it all earns points on the live ladder. Climb high enough and you're one of 24 Players at the Grand Final in December, tasting for $5,000. Winner takes all.

24 OctEntries open
Cabernet Sauvignon · Bellwether
14 NovEntries open
Grenache · Angove
11 JulDate dropping soon
Riesling · Knappstein