The best in wine tourism
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Vergelegen was announced as the South African winner of the Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Awards at a gala dinner in Porto, Portugal. The GWC is an alliance of internationally renowned wine regions and the Best of Wine Tourism awards recognise leading wineries and wine-tourism related businesses within each Great Wine Capital that have distinguished themselves in areas such as innovation, service and sustainable practices. The awards programme attracted 359 entries and there were 59 winners at the end of last year.
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