The Veritas Awards are proud to announce that the annual tasting of the latest Veritas Double Gold winning wines will be held at the mammoth London Wine Fair (LWF) on 19 – 21 May in collaboration with Porex SA.

The finest array of wines on display – from the 2024 showdown – will include the overall Vertex Winner of the Show, namely the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy Winner in the form of the 2020 KWV The Mentors Perold Cape Blend (Pinotage / Shiraz / Cabernet Sauvignon / Petite Sirah / Malbec).

The first such Veritas tasting in London was presented in 2019 as an initiative to highlight the top achievers from the Veritas Awards, South Africa’s premier wine show, aimed at highlighting the international standard of the excelling entries.

This showpiece tasting will be hosted by Izele van Blerk, senior winemaker of KWV, the leading wine and spirits producer based in Paarl, and Lionel Dickens, Managing Director of Porex SA, the prominent Filtration & Separation supplier to the local food and beverage industry. It will be held at The Gallery Suite, The Grand Hall, Olympia, along with the 2025 edition of the Fair.

Prominent wine writers, members of the trade and other dignitaries will be attending the sit-down tasting conducted by Ms Van Blerk. The tasting of all the competition’s Double Gold wines and some selected brandies will be available to attendees at the LWF from 16:00 - 18:00 on Monday 19 May.

The London tasting takes place thanks to a partnership between Veritas and Porex SA. Says MD Lionel Dickens, ”As Porex SA, we sponsor the pinnacle Veritas Vertex Award as support in promoting the country’s top-end wines in the international market. At the same time, we supply the best possible equipment to South Africa to assist our clients in producing the best wine to compete on the international markets.”

Veritas has earned the status as South Africa’s most authoritative competition for market-ready wines and brandies, while being the oldest and most prominent contest of its kind in this country, dating back to 1991.

Says Veritas chairperson Christo Pienaar, “We are delighted to present this exclusive tasting in collaboration with Porex SA and the LWF. By continuing the tasting in the UK, the Veritas Award winners are taken to the next level of excellence, building the image of South Africa’s quality wines internationally.”