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Veritas Living Legends Awards 2025
The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 35th Veritas Awards ceremony, known for many years as the “Oscars of the Wine Industry”, on Saturday 11 October 2025. This award, instituted by the Veritas Awards in 2009, serves as recognition for…
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
Glorious golden awards for KWV, Graham Beck and Cederberg Wines at Veritas
KWV clinched the top Veritas award, the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy, for the second year in a row at the 35th Veritas Awards evening, with its masterful The Mentors Perold, while Graham Beck and Cederberg Wines also excelled with a haul of coveted double gold medals.
By SA Wine Industry · 11 min read
Veritas judging in full swing
This week marks a major milestone of wine and brandy judging in South Africa as the finest palates of international and local judges are at work in evaluating this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards – the country’s oldest and most authoritative showdown for market-ready products of the vine 35…
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
It’s time for the Veritas 2025 entries
This year’s Veritas Awards entries have just opened – the country’s foremost and oldest wine competition for bottled wine – and winemakers are excited about the competition which they are looking forward to along with wine lovers countrywide.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
KWV The Mentors Perold 2022 – Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex winner 2025
The masterful The Mentors Perold 2022 Cape blend that has just bagged KWV an exceptional third Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex Award as overall winning wine in this superior showdown is the result of merging a multitude of elements – from terroir diversity to top teamwork.
By SA Wine Industry · 7 min read
Emerging from quaint Kuruman as best new SA wine writer
The country’s best new wine writer for 2025 is Rethabile Kgatlhane, a Kuruman-based freelance author and CEO of the Tipsy Twenties Winery, a local boutique wine brand.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
Calling for smart new wine writer voices in SA
The 2024 SA New Wine Writer of the Year Competition for writers 35 years old or younger, is now open to entries. This competition of the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) – which also runs the Veritas Awards among others – is in its 12th year and aims to identify smart new…
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
A toast to excellence: Wine Harvest Commemorative Event honours five luminaries for their lasting influence
On Thursday, 6 February 2025, the annual Wine Harvest Commemorative Event honoured the achievements of five remarkable individuals in the South African wine industry for their exemplary standards worthy of emulation.
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
Veritas Double Gold Wines on show at London Wine Fair
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.
By SA Wine Industry · 2 min read
Entries now open for Best New Wine Writer in SA
The 2025 SA New Wine Writer of the Year Competition for writers 35 years old or younger, is now open to entries. The organisers have decided to hold this competition earlier in the year, instead of towards the end of the year. The closing date is Monday 8 September 2025.
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Are there too many wine competitions in the country and does this water down the value?
I was only eighteen when I said to two of my closest friends, “Let’s start a winery.” There was no vineyard, no experience, I did not even personally know someone who owned a winery, not even the slightest clue where we would begin.
By Rethabile Kgatlhane · 5 min read
Showing off the Veritas Double Gold wines in London
The latest Veritas Awards Double Gold annual tasting will be held at the highly acclaimed High Timber Restaurant on the banks of the River Thames in London on Monday 8 June 2026 in collaboration with Porex SA.
By SA Wine Industry · 2 min read
