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And… IWSC trophies for SA wines go to Bartinney Cab, Quoin Rock Red

10/2020 Mike Froud One comment

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the top award winners at the 2020 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) was not without a surprise or two… No doubt the 2015 vintage of Bartinney Skyfall Cabernet Sauvignon and Quoin Rock’s Bordeaux-style ‘Red Blend’ – both of Stellenbosch – are worthy of their places among the competition’s 30 Wines of the Year, but apparently the

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Missionvale Chardonnay wows with 97 out of 100 at IWSC 2020

10/2020 Mike Froud Leave a comment

A DOZEN South African wines earned gold medals at the 2020 International Wine & Spirit Competition in the UK. Top score of 97/100 in this regard went to the 2018 vintage of Bouchard Finlayson Missionvale Chardonnay from the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, with three wines scored 96 points, namely the Nicolas van der Merwe Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, the Quoin Rock Red Blend