Independent Wine Education Guild

Jack Ackroyd Memorial Award Winners

The Jack Ackroyd Memorial Award was founded by Mrs. Lyn Ackroyd in memory of her late husband, former chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.  This honour is awarded to IWEG students achieving the top grades in the Level II and Level III WSET qualifications.


The following are the winners of this prestigious award since its inception in 1984:

  1. Bullet1984        G. Rubino   

  2. Bullet1985        D. Hutchinson

  3. Bullet1986        R. Landy

  4. Bullet1987        J. Rogers

  5. Bullet1988        L. L’Heureux

  6. Bullet1989        M. McKeon

  7. Bullet1990        A. Griffiths

  8. Bullet1991        D. MacLean

  9. Bullet1992        K. Richardson Norris

  10. Bullet1993        E.M. Montgrain & J. Kopacsi

  11. Bullet1994        I. Mitchell

  12. Bullet1995        J. Bridgeman

  13. Bullet1996        C.M. Kim & V. Armstrong

  14. Bullet1997        I. Ryjenkov & D. Solomon

  15. Bullet1998        M. Ruch & S. Seko

  16. Bullet1999        M. Scott & P. Gray

  17. Bullet2000        B. Gibbard & T. Kalaboukis

  18. Bullet2001        L. Fraser & E. McFarlane

  19. Bullet2002        M. Schenkel & M. Reuter

  20. Bullet2003        K. Kurdyak & B. Fraser

  21. Bullet2004        L. Gauthier & C. Avestan

  22. Bullet2005        S. Newton, P. Muto, K. Cannon

  23. Bullet2006        J. Rogers & B. Heard

  24. Bullet2007        Y. Lu, J. Brisley, D. Quinn, T. Jakes, A. Trefry, C. Racicot & P. Giroux

  25. Bullet2008        N. Abreu & S. Adams

  26. Bullet2009        To Be Announced