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Photo: International Judges with sponsor Dry Ice International. Christo Pienaar, Chairman Veritas, Michael Franz – USA, Joe Wadsack – UK, Deon Roux, CEO Dry Ice International, Uli Hoffmann – UK, Bennie Howard, Vice Chairman Veritas, Jo Wessels – Germany VERITAS...

Winemakers are excited about this year’s Veritas Awards whose entries have just opened – the country’s foremost wine competition which they are looking forward to along with wine lovers countrywide. Participants in this year’s competition are now encouraged to enter...

The Veritas Awards are proud to announce that the tasting of Veritas Double Gold winning wines from the 2023 competition will be held in London on Tuesday 9 April in collaboration with Porex SA. The finest array of wines on display will include the overall Vertex...

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...

Exactly ten years after the establishment of the wine estate Benguela Cove near Hermanus, it now triumphed by taking the standout Vertex award among 1 247 selected entries at the 2023 Veritas Awards with its 2019 Joie de Vivre Cap Classique. Not only did this...

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...

The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 33rd Veritas Awards ceremony, known for many years as the Oscars of the Wine Industry, on Friday 13 October. This award, instituted by the Veritas Awards in 2009, serves as...

Exciting highlights were reached at the stylish 33rd Veritas Awards, featuring another record number of medals to both well-known brands and novices, while the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy for the best wine entered was clinched by the 2019 Benguela Cove Joie de Vivre...

Wine enthusiasts can look forward to experiencing the star-studded Veritas Double Gold and Gold Medal winning wines and brandies of the 2023 Awards at a series of tastings countrywide, presented by Deloitte at their various offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and...

The finest palates of international and local judges will evaluate this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards – for many years seen as a highly important week of South African wine and brandy judging in the oldest and most respected show for these market-ready...

The country’s best wine writer for 2022 is Shandré van der Merwe, tasting room Manager at De Wet Cellar outside Worcester, while the runner-up is Petri de Beer, until recently senior winemaker at Longridge Winery near Somerset West. The results of this competition,...

The Veritas Vertex Award, named after wine industry legend Duimpie Bayly, crowns the overall winner at Veritas, the country’s longest running and most prestigious wine competition. The Tokara Reserve Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 was the sixth receiver of the...

The 2022 SA 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 tenth year and aims...

Veritas Living Legends Awards 2022 The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 32nd Veritas Awards ceremony, known for many years as the Oscars of the Wine Industry, on Saturday 08 October. This award, instituted...

Exciting highlights were reached at the stylish 32nd Veritas Awards, featuring another record number of medals to well-known brands, as well as novices, while the top trophy for the best wine entered for Veritas was clinched by the 2019 Tokara Reserve Collection...