Cape Wine News & Awards

The 2022 vintage of Franschhoek Cellar’s Statue de Femme Sauvignon Blanc clinched another Gold award at the bi-annual Mundus Vini wine competition’s Spring tasting in February, 2023. Hosted in Germany, these esteemed awards receive over 11 000 entries from winemakers across the world each year. Mundus Vini’s highly qualified international jury, comprising oenologists, wine-makers, professional…

Timepiece is a new and innovative range from Jordan Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, celebrating the Jordan family heritage. Unique bottlings of old vine single-vineyards, from their estate older than 35 years, have been certified as heritage vineyards by the Old Vine Project. Kathy Jordan says: We are very excited to be releasing the Timepiece 2019 Chenin…

Simonsig Wine Estate has been named among this year’s champions of the Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10, having entered what is arguably one of the competition’s most intriguing wines to date. The winners were announced yesterday, with Simonsig’s Chenin Avec Chêne 2019 selected as one of the Top 10. Reflecting the winery’s legacy for…

Stellenbosch wine estate, Quoin Rock, flew the nation’s flag high at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) in London, achieving gold and platinum status for their Vine Dried 2019 vintage and 2014 Black Series MCC. The world’s largest and most influential international wine competition Widely regarded as the world’s largest and most influential international…

Globally renowned UK-based Master of Wine Tim Atkin has awarded Medals of Excellence to 10 of Spier’s wines for each achieving a rating of 90 and above. Featured in his just-launched 2020 South Africa Special Report, the medal-winning are from four different Spier ranges, encompassing a diverse array of varietals and styles. We’re truly honoured…

De Grendel Elim Shiraz 2018 is a Top 12 champion in the 2020 Shiraz SA Challenge, maintaining the impressive track record of a distinctive wine that continues to attract accolades. Producer association Shiraz South Africa announced the Top 12 winners in their annual challenge in an online event on Thursday, 30 July, with judging panel…

Showing the character of a vintage considered the most outstanding in a decade, Kunjani Shiraz 2015 is a winner in the Shiraz SA Challenge 2020 which unveiled South Africa’s Top 12 champions earlier this week. In the ultimate accolade for South African shiraz producers, Shiraz SA announced the Top 12 in the annual Shiraz SA…

The 2020 results for the Top 100 wine awards and Jordan have, once again, come out on top with awards across our range and in all categories! The top achievers include the Jordan The Real McCoy Riesling 2019 which has received the ‘Grand Cru National Champion Best in Class award’ for the 4th year running….

Aromatic, vibrant and abundantly fruity, the first barrel-matured Merlot to be released by Vondeling Wines in the Voor-Paardeberg of Paarl is the latest addition to their Barrel Selection range of bold, full-bodied wines. The Barrel Selection Merlot 2017 has already attracted accolades – four stars in the 2020 Platter’s South African Wine Guide and a…

De Grendel Viognier 2019 and Merlot 2017 earned gold medals at the 2020 Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards. The awards, now in its 7th edition, were judged by the blind tasting of 560 Japanese female wine professionals consisting of winemakers, sommeliers, buyers, educators and journalists. They tasted over 4300  wines from 29 countries. Japan is…

Introducing a new dimension to wine. Quoin Rock Wine Estate brings an element of luxury to the Cape winelands. Wine enthusiast, Vitaly Gaiduk fell in love with the land on a visit to Cape Town and things haven’t been the same since. Managing direction Denis Gaiduk explains: “As his (Vitaly’s) collection grew, he decided to‘paint…