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Synonymous with excellence in wine and brandy, the Veritas Awards is the longest running and most prestigious wine and brandy competition in South Africa, dating back to 1991.
VinoVeritas by CTP
Vino Veritas by CTP is the updated official shop window for Veritas Awards winners – making South Africa’s most celebrated wines and brandies easy to discover and order.
Izéle van Blerk, Senior Red winemaker KWV with the 2025 Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex Award, with...
History
As the longest running and biggest competition in South Africa, the Veritas Awards has earned its reputation as one of South Africa’s most authoritative and credible competitions for market ready wines and is backed by a stringent judging system.
Duimpie Bayly Vertex Award
The highest honour – the Vertex Award – is named after Wine Legend Duimpie Bayly. This award is chosen by a special panel including the international judges from all Double Gold winners. Introduced in 2017, it marks the best wine of the show (excluding Museum Class wines).
Living Legends
The Veritas Living Legend award is about recognition of, and giving back to, those who have served the wine industry over the years; to acknowledge their commitment and pay homage to the marks they have undoubtedly made.
Young Wine Writers Competition
The objective is to identify exciting new voices that can communicate an original and innovative message to raise public interest in wine and the responsible use thereof.
Public Tastings
Each year, wine lovers may sample the Double Gold and Gold Veritas Award winning wines at a series of wine-tastings and gourmet evenings countrywide during October and November.
Important Dates
| Closing Date for entries | 7 August 2026 |
| Closing date for late entries | 19 August 2026 |
| Samples to be collected by SAWIS | 10 - 28 Aug 2026 |
| Judging | 7 - 11 September 2026 |
| Awards ceremony | 10 October 2026 |
| Delivery of DG/G Wines | 14 - 15 October 2026 |
| Veritas tasting – Cape Town | 21 October 2026 |
| Veritas tasting – Johannesburg | 27 October 2026 |
| Veritas tasting – Durban | 4 November 2026 |
| Veritas tasting – Port Elizabeth | 10 November 2026 |
| Wine writers competition - entries close | 14 September 2026 |
News Articles
Izéle van Blerk, Senior Red winemaker KWV with the 2025 Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex Award, with...
Wine Legends – Bennie Howard (Veritas), with two of the three Wine Legends who received their...
KWV’s clinched the top Veritas award, the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy, for the second year in a...
Wine enthusiasts can look forward to experiencing the star-studded double gold and gold medal...
The country’s best new wine writer for 2025 is Rethabile Kgatlhane, a Kuruman-based freelance...
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