Wolf Blass chief winemaker Chris Hatcher has been named Red Winemaker of the Year at the International Wine Challenge in the UK. TWO Australian wine labels are celebrating after being handed top prizes at the International Wine Challenge in the UK. Neil McGuigan from McGuigan Wines in the NSW Hunter Valley was named White Winemaker of the Year while Chris Hatcher from Wolf Blass in South Australia's Barossa Valley took home the trophy for Red Winemaker of the Year. Hatcher had also been short-listed for the title of White Winemaker of the Year along with French winemaker Vincent Bartement from La Chablisienne in the famous Burgundy wine region. The Wolf Blass winemaker was successful in the red wine category over his French counterpart Pierre Vincent from Domaine de la Vougeraie, also in Burgundy, and winemaker Adolfo Hurtado from Cono Sur in southern Chile.