THERE WERE 183 entries from 107 producers in the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 competition and/but very few surprises in terms of the results which included three repeat winners – the 2019 vintage of De Grendel Koetshuis, Diemersdal Wild Ferment and Tokara Reserve Collection winning this year after victory with earlier vintages last year. The panel of judges were:
Read moreTHE 2017 vintages of D’Aria’s Songbird and De Grendel’s Koetshuis are particularly impressive wines in the 2018 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10, with both already multiple award winners before the latest rounds of applause: the Songbird also won at South Africa’s National Wine Challenge and earned silverware at the International Wine Challenge (UK); the Koetshuis also won gold at the Trophy
Read moreTHE 2018 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Awards will be presented on 10 October. In the meantime, here are the Top 20 to contemplate following completion of the judging – with Kleine Zalze fielding two of the finalists! This is the 11th edition of the competition staged by the South African wine industry’s Sauvignon Blanc Interest Group (SBIG) since the awards were first presented
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