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National Wine Challenge 2023: Award results for Top 100/Double Platinum winners
A particularly strong line up made for a hugely exciting National Wine Challenge this year. Organisers, stakeholders and judges were all well-pleased both with traction as well as wine quality. Winning wines faced tough challenges and they had to fight hard, given the generally high wine quality…
By SA Wine Industry · 13 min read
Merlot championed among South African wine producers at second annual Merlot Top 10 competition
Following the successful debut of the Taransaud Hallo Merlot Top 10 Competition in 2022, supported by local Merlot wine producers and agricultural industry leaders, the awards returns for its second year. The event aims to showcase the exceptional quality of South African Merlot and recognise the…
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
Q&A with Christo Pienaar, new CEO of Bonnievale Wines
Christo Pienaar, SANWSA Chairman and cellar master of Nuy Winery, will soon be adding another chapter to his storied career, as CEO of Bonnievale Wines. WineLand asked him about the new role.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
A Cabernet Sauvignon crowned as the country's best 2023 young wine
A wooded Cabernet Sauvignon from Wellington Wines took the crown by clinching the prestigious General Smuts Trophy as overall SA Champion Wine of 2023 after also being named as the country’s best Cabernet Sauvignon (wooded) at the SA Young Wine Show.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
Entries now open for Best New Wine Writer in SA
The 2023 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 11th year and aims to identify smart new…
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
New SA Wine Writer of the Year revealed
The country’s best new wine writer for 2023 is Margeaux Goosen, who has just completed a stint as winemaking assistant at a boutique winery in Baden, Germany, while the runner-up is Jenna Higgins, newly appointed head winemaker at Wolvenhoek in Wellington and the best blog award went to Clint van…
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
National Wine Challenge 2025 Results: SA’s Top 100 Wines
The National Wine Challenge, the premier SA wine competition open to fine-wine producers, launches the 2025 results
By SA Wine Industry · 14 min read
Precision, passion and Pinotage
Rudi Smith (29) didn’t find wine. He grew up in it.
By Wanda Augustyn · 4 min read
Travel & Tourism sector across Africa expected to create 14 million new jobs within the next decade
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s latest Economic Impact Report (EIR) reveals the African Travel & Tourism sector is expected to create almost 14 million new jobs over the next decade.
By SA Wine Industry · 4 min read
2022 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA top 10 competition open for entries
Entries for the 2022 FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 Competition, the only competition in the country committed to Sauvignon Blanc, are now open.
By SA Wine Industry · 3 min read
The South African wine industry honours its future leaders
The South African wine industry has formally honoured four outstanding individuals at the annual Wine Harvest Commemorative Event, hosted on South Africa’s oldest wine-producing farm, Groot Constantia in Cape Town, on Thursday 2 February 2023.
By SA Wine Industry · 8 min read
Celebrating 338 Years Of South Africa’s Oldest Wine Producing Farm
13 July once again marks a momentous occasion for South African heritage, and in particular, wine, as it celebrates the 338th birthday of Groot Constantia, South Africa's oldest wine-producing farm that has an uninterrupted record of producing legendary wine since 1685.
By SA Wine Industry · 5 min read
