The list of overseas visitors has been confirmed for the third James Busby Travel "trip of a lifetime" to Australia.

This year's trip will run from October 13 to 24, and will explore 14 wine regions over two weeks in Victoria and South Australia, with the purpose of providing a detailed insight into the modern Australian wine scene. It will be the most international group of travellers so far, with wine trade professionals from seven countries.

During the visit, the group will meet and taste wine with some of the most important figures in the Australian wine community, as well as getting to know the up-and-coming stars of the future.

James Busby Travel was set up in 2009, by director Tim Wildman MW, to enable UK sommeliers and retail buyers to experience first hand the regional and artisanal wines of Australia.

For 2012 it has added a series of masterclasses to allow the visitors to explore regional styles The masterclasses are sponsored by the Department of Business & Innovation in Victoria.

The 2012 James Busby Travel group:

Charlie Young, owner, Vinoteca, London, UK

Junior Vianna MW, buying director, Coe Vintners, London, UK

Joao Pires MS, head sommelier, Dinner by Heston, London, UK

Katie Exton, head sommelier, Chez Bruce, London, UK

Richard Kershaw MW, owner, Rikipedia, UK

Jennifer Docherty, buyer, Liberty Wines, UK

Pedro Ballesteros MW, educator, Weinakademiker Austria

Harley Carbery, wine director, Joel Ruberchon, Las Vegas

Richard Harvey, owner, Metrovino, Calgary, Canada

Terry Threlfall, wine director, Hawksworth, Vancouver, Canada

Terje Meling, buyer, Vinmonopolet, Norwegian Monopoly

Arne Ronald MW, journalist, Vinforum, Norway

Aina Mee Myhre, buyer, Moestre Grape Solutions, Norway

Daniel Turpeinen, product manager, Prime Wines, Sweden

Zachary Yu, head sommelier, Langham Place Hotel, Hong Kong

Chris So, founder winelist.hk, Hong Kong

Kent Tsang, executive editor, wine-magazine.cn, Guangzhou, China

Marcus Ford, director, Pudao Wine, Shanghai, China

Plus two additional guests from Japan for the Victoria leg:

Yoshiko Takahashi, buyer, Cellar Door, Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Numata, managing director, Taste & Fun, Tokyo, Japan