Andrew Caillard MW , a graduate of South Australia’s Roseworthy Agricultural College, is a leading Australian Master of Wine and former specialist wine auctioneer. He is best known as a co-founding director of Australian wine auction house Langton’s and as an advocate for Australia’s fine wine agenda. He introduced Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine and built, with Stewart Langton, a national and international collectible market for Australian fine wine. In 1993 he passed the Master of Wine examination winning the Madame Lily Bollinger Medal for excellence in wine tasting. After 19 years at Langton’s Fine Wine Auctions and 15 years at Woolworths/ Endeavour Group/ Pinnacle Drinks (including Langton’s and Dan Murphy’s) as Fine Wine Principal, Caillard transitioned to becoming an independent wine consultant in 2023 specialising in premiumisation and specialist non-executive advisory work. He is also a co-director (with Dr Angus Hughson) of The Vintage Journal and the not-for-profit The Australian Ark Project.

Throughout his Andrew Caillard has also worked extensively in multi-media and film. He has written for publications in Australia, the UK and the US and authored many wine books. The three-volume 1762-page magnum opus The Australian Ark – The story of Australian Wine 1788-2023 – co-published by The Vintage Journal and Longueville Media in late 2023 has received glowing reviews and wide acclaim from across the world.

Other reference wine editions by Andrew Caillard MW include Penfold’s “The Rewards of Patience” (editions III to iX), Marqués de Riscal – A Travel Through Time, Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine (editions I to VII), Imagining Coonawarra – The story of Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, The Essence of Dreams – The story of Mornington Peninsula Wine. He has also co-authored student reference books Australian Wine and A Taste of the World of Wine with academic scientists Dr Patrick Iland, Dr Peter Dry and Penfolds chief winemaker Peter Gago. In addition, he has written several Langton’s wine guides and contributed to various editions including Academie du Vin Library’s On Bordeaux and In Vino Veritas. The 9th Edition of Penfolds The Rewards of Patience was released in March 2026 while another book 175 Years of Seppeltsfield is to be published in the seconda half of the year.

Andrew Caillard MW is also the associate producer of the AACTA award-winning feature documentary Red Obsession and the well-received Blind Ambition (a story about four Zimbabwean Sommeliers competing in the World Blind Wine Championship in France).

Caillard has assessed wines extensively through various forums including commercial and media wine panels, independent review, Bordeaux Primeurs, European buying trips, Australian and international wine shows in Europe and Asia.

In 2011 Andrew Caillard received the ‘Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award’ and was inducted as a 'Baron of the Barossa. In 2022 he was awarded New South Wales’s The Legend of the Vine in recognition of his contribution to the Australian Wine Industry. In 2024 he was also the recipient of the ‘Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award’ and the ‘IWSC International Wine Communicator of the Year Award 2025’. The Australian Ark was also a recipient of an OIV Award (Encyclopaedia) and the President’s Award from the Organisation International de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV). In addition it also received the Australian Wine Communicator’s Best Book of the Year Award 2024., the presitigious André Smon Drink Award for the best book published in 2024. It also entered the Gourmand World Cookbook Award's Hall of Fame. In 2025 Andrew Caillard was also the recipient of the Cullen Award for Excellence for his contribution to the Western Australian WIne Industry and the prestigious Maurice O'Shea Award for his contribution to the Australian Wine Indistry.

Primary area(s) of work: Wine production, Trade, Strategy, Communication

Industry sector(s): Agency/Importer, Author, Buying, Broadcasting, Consultant, Import/Export, Journalism, Marketing, Off trade, Wine judge

Wine region expertise: Australia, Bordeaux, Central Otago, France, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, New South Wales, New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Market expertise: Australia, China

Specialisms: Blending, Sensory evaluation , Branding, Broadcasting, Fine wine auction business, History of wine, Importation, Marketing wine, Podcasts, Restaurant wines, Supplier/customer relationships, Supermarket and multiple retail, TV, Wine auctions, Wine labels, Wine judging