2018 Pinotage Rosé Competition winners announced
· 1 min read
The winners of the Pinotage Rosé Competition wines were announced during an award ceremony held at the Lanzerac Estate in Stellenbosch. Most of South Africa’s major wine-producing areas were represented, with producers competing for the ‘Award of Excellence’ honouring the top three entries.
“We are thrilled with this exciting addition to the Pinotage competitions focusing on the different expressions of Pinotage,” said De Wet Viljoen, vice-chair of the Pinotage Association. He added that: “This year’s winning Rosé wines are fresh and of exceptional quality reiterating the vision to incorporate various wine styles and market stakeholders.”
The judging panel included wine experts Guy Webber (convener) , Johan Malan, Fred Viljoen, Susan Erasmus , Brad Gold and Jacques Roux of DGB.
Recipients of the 2018 Pinotage RosÉ Award of Execellence:
Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2018 WO Stellenbosch . Winemaker : Johan Joubert
Landskroon Blanc de Noir Pinotage Off Dry Rosé 2018 WO Paarl. Winemaker: Michiel du Toit
Rooiberg Winery Pinotage Rosé 2018 WO Robertson. Winemaker: Andre Scriven
More from
People, community and tourism
The Portrait of a South African Winemaker
In James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Dedalus resolves to express himself "as freely as I can and as wholly as I can". Joyce's hero refuses to be just one thing. That same many-sided energy is increasingly being asked of the modern South African winemaker, who has to adopt different faces for different places.
Who will drink South African wine tomorrow?
Tomorrow’s wine drinker is already here, standing at the braai with a can in one hand and a phone in the other. South African wine still has time to join the occasion, although it may need to loosen its collar first.
Ice in the Chenin and other South African wine crimes
There is ice in the Chenin Blanc, Cap Classique in an ordinary wine glass and a bowl of curry waiting beside a bottle of something pink. By old wine standards, the afternoon is a small crime scene.