Cellarbrations in Somerset, Tasmania, has won National Retailer of the Year at the IBA 2025 Five Star Awards.

Australia’s top independent state and national retailers were announced at the IBA Trade Workshop on the Gold Coast.

The Somerset store is located in the Somerset Hotel and is part of the Goodstone Group, which took out a number of accolades for its Tasmanian outlets.

“Not only did we rank so well in the State banner top retailer rankings – three out of the top three for Cellarbrations with Cellarbrations William Street , Cellarbrations Somerset and Cellarbrations River Arms and two out of the top three for The Bottle-O with The Bottle-O Spreyton and The Bottle-O West Ulverstone, we walked away with both Somerset and West Ulverstone best retailers for their respective banners,” Goodstone said.

“Plus Somerset not only being the best Tasmania Cellarbrations store but the Best Tasmanian IBA Retailer and, drumroll, the Best National IBA Retailer of the year.

“A huge congratulations to Liv at Somerset and her whole team – what an achievement. This is the only time a Tassie retailer has taken away the gong for best National so we are bursting with pride.

“To Belinda and her Team at West Ulverstone again congratulations with the new store only just about to celebrate its first birthday. if you haven’t been into one of our stores recently, you need to check them out. You won’t miss Liv and Belinda if you visit their stores – they be the ones with the huge proud smiles on the face. Great work team!”

The national winners were:

National IBA Business Development Manager of the Year – Ben Lysaght
National Rising Star of the Year – Holly Roberts, Cellarbrations, Shoreline, Tasmania
National Store Manager of the Year – Todd Kelly, Cellarbrations Superstore, Aussie World, Queensland
National Retailer of the Year – Cellarbrations, Somerset, Tasmania (pictured main)

IBA also announced its suppliers of the year at the event, with Lion winning Supplier of the Year (Large) and Sazerac winning
Supplier of the Year (Small). The win follows Lion taking out Beer Supplier of the Year at the Coles Liquor 2025 Supplier Forum.