WELL, 99% of them… A few of the wine producers who entered the 2025 Veritas Awards and went on to win double gold either didn’t respond to queries about their scores or preferred to leave it at that – double gold being the highest accolade at the show besides the
“FOUR VINTAGES. Wooded and unwooded. Three wards and six districts across three regions. This is the story of the 2025 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10.” That’s according to South Africa’s Sauvignon Blanc Association, organisers of the annual competition that this time around attracted 167 entries from 98 producers. Cederberg Wines’
NO MEAN FEAT! The most highly rated of over 1200 entries in the 2025 edition of the longest-running and biggest South African wine and spirit competition… The 2022 vintage of The Mentors Perold is the third wine from the KWV cellars in Paarl to win the Vertex Trophy at the
IT’S SURPRISING to find neither Kanonkop nor Rijk’s among the winners of an Absa Top 10 – such are their good track records in this competition held by the Pinotage Association. You might say the same about Beeslaar, who, like Kanonkop, was among the runners-up in the 2025 edition. However,
WINNER of the trophy for best South African red wine at the 2025 International Wine Challenge, the Beau Constantia Stella 2022 was released some months after the competition results were announced in London. “Full, smoky, meaty and incredibly appetising Syrah,” said the panel of judges. “Vibrant colour with mulberry, plum
THE 2024 VINTAGE of Mullineux ‘The Gris’ Semillon WO Swartland fetched the top price at the 2025 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction conducted by Strauss & Co at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. “An extremely rare variety, Semillon Gris is a uniquely South African phenomenon,” says winemaker Andrea Mullineux
Bellevue, the estate behind the world’s first bottled Pinotage sold to the public, continues to uphold a century of heritage with every vintage. To rediscover Bellevue Wine Estate is to taste more than just the wine. It is tasting history, honouring the pioneers and joining a journey that is still
Paul René Cap Classique will again host the annual Splash of Pink Bubbly Festival in Robertson – just 1km or so outside the town on the McGregor road. Monica and Henk van Niekerk invite you to join them at Wonderfontein, the home of Paul René Cap Classique – arrive in
THERE’S a fair bit to like about the Global Fine Wine Challenge in Sydney, Australia, however it’s not without its downsides. On the upside there’s the rivalry that comes with pitting some of the finest wines of South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and Australia against one another, as well as
IT WAS disappointing news for the wine-loving public looking forward to the Pinotage festival scheduled for 11 October 2025 at the Meerendal estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town – a festival to celebrate 100 years since the first seeds of South Africa’s most successful grape variety were planted in 1925.
SCORED 97 points and the international judges’ joint favourite overall at the 2025 Trophy Wine Show, Groot Phesantekraal’s 2023 Syrah was released at under R200pb – a great bargain relative to other top SA Shiraz wines selling for hundreds of rand more per bottle. Winemaker Richard Schroeder joined the farm
IT GOES without saying that ideally we’d like our wine to be made as naturally as possible. Good health all round please. However, while many wine producers proudly claim to be doing things organically, or biodynamically even, only some are up for what it takes to get their wines officially
