Joe Wadsack, drinks expert and TV Presenter on shows such as BBC’s Food and Drink and ITV’s Ladette to Lady, has teamed up with internationally renowned bar personality and consultant Dean Callan to promote the wines and brandies of South Africa. Over four special...
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Jan 27, 2021
Veritas has pleasure to announce that Joe Wadsack, senior international judge at Veritas for many years, will be hosting a South African Brandy tasting with internationally known bartender Dean Callan on Wednesday evening 27 January 2021 on the YouTube channel. It...
Dec 9, 2020
Burgeoning young wine writer Kristen Duff from Cape Town has clinched the coveted Veritas Young Wine Writer title for 2020. Duff, who heads up online communications for Publik Wine and its subsidiary CyberCellar, thereby won herself R15 000 in prize-money, while...
Dec 4, 2020
The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from almost 1 300 entries for Veritas this year, was won by KWV The Mentors Orchestra 2018, a Bordeaux style blend – representing the climax of proceedings at the recent awards function. The magnificent...
Nov 14, 2020
Excellent Veritas results concludes challenging wine year on a high The Veritas Awards results announced today to spontaneous applause, reflected the mood of winemakers, viticulturists, marketers and other industry role players during a particularly difficult year –...
Oct 13, 2020
This week sees one of the highlights of wine and brandy judging on the South African wine industry calendar when some South Africa’s most experienced palates arrive in Paarl to judge this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards. The judging is taking place a month later...
Oct 13, 2020
Entries are now open for the 2020 Veritas Young Wine Writers Competition of the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA), which aims to identify exciting new voices in the wine industry. Now in its eight year, this competition – in collaboration with...
Aug 17, 2020
The entries for this year’s Veritas Awards are around the corner, following the earlier announcement that the dates were being moved because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Participants in this year’s competition are encouraged to enter before the new closing date of 9...
Jun 23, 2020
The organisers of the two oldest wine competitions in South Africa have announced that both their wine shows are going ahead, but are being postponed to later dates. This decision was taken following thorough deliberation about the presentation of their competitions...
Oct 12, 2019
The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from among a record number of 1 491 entries for the Veritas Awards this year, was won by Domaine Des Dieux Chardonnay 2015 from Hemel and Aarde Ridge near Hermanus at the glittering Veritas gala dinner in the...
Oct 12, 2019
This week sees one of the highlights of wine and brandy judging on the South African wine industry calendar when some of the world’s most experienced palates arrive in Paarl to judge this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards. This is the longest running and most...
Oct 3, 2019
Wine enthusiasts can get themselves ready to experience the star-studded Veritas double gold and gold medal winning wines and brandies at a series of tastings that will be presented countrywide. This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity not to be missed with more...
Apr 8, 2019
Two tastings of Veritas Double Gold winning wines are to be held in the next two weeks in Hong Kong and London, following the announcement of this international step at last year’s Veritas Awards Gala Dinner in Cape Town. The wines on display will be the Vertex Wine...
Mar 1, 2019
The latest winner of the Veritas Young Wine Writer of the Year Competition, Llewellyn Lambert, will be attending the Best Sommelier of the World Competition in Antwerp, Belgium, as special guest later this month. South Africa will be represented through competition...