It’s Veritas time
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Submissions for this year’s Veritas Awards will be closing shortly. Producers wanting to crown their best wines and brandies with the Veritas emblem have until 8 August to enter. Late submissions will be accepted until 17 August.
The Veritas Awards is South Africa’s top wine competition and has been presented by the SA wine industry since 1991. More than 90 international and local wine experts will gather at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl from 4 to 8 September to judge all the entries. The judges include winemakers, viticulturists, brandy masters, Cape Wine Masters, journalists, academics, researchers and traders.
The winning wines and brandies will be announced at the CTICC on Friday 6 October. Entry forms are available at www.veritas.co.za. For more information, contact the Veritas office at 021 862 1599 or [email protected].
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