The season for selection is here! To enter for the SA Young Wine Show, which is the vital measure of the new harvest’s quality and character for an eagerly awaiting wine buyers’ market. This, through the country’s oldest wine competition, open for the winemakers’...
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Apr 9, 2026
The long-established examination for wine evaluation by aspiring wine judges in South Africa has been upgraded and will henceforth be presented by the SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) – a significant boost to refine and maintain judging standards in wine...
Aug 23, 2025
Winners of the Genl Smuts Trophy: Edwin Grace and Edmund Terblanche of La Motte Wine Estate Back L to R: Willie Burger (Badsberg Cellar), Rianco van Rooyen (Robertson Winery), Justin Corrans (KWV), Johan Linde (Botha Cellar), Juandre Bruwer (Diemersdal),...
Jul 23, 2025
Judging of the young wines of the 2025 vintage year is well under way this week, with 1 491 entries (7% more than last year) competing for the top trophies, as well as gold, silver and bronze medals in the SA Young Wine Show – being held in The Pavillion at Nederburg...
Jul 16, 2025
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...
Jun 7, 2025
Entries are being awaited for this year’s SA Young Wine Show, the country’s oldest wine competition which is open for wine creations of the current vintage year – an important annual yardstick of the new harvest’s quality and character. The SA National Wine Show...
Dec 11, 2024
The country’s best new wine writer for 2024 is Skye Nolan from Brackenfell near Cape Town, assistant-winemaker and compliance manager at Bellevue Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, who also had work stints at four other Cape wineries, as well as doing wine educational and...
Aug 24, 2024
For the second successive year a wooded Cabernet Sauvignon – this time from Diemersdal Estate in Durbanville – excelled by clinching the prestigious General Smuts Trophy as overall SA Champion Young Wine of 2024, after also being named as the country’s Best Cabernet...
Jul 24, 2024
Judging of the young wines of the 2024 vintage year is well under way this week, with 1 387 entries (12% more than last year) competing for the top trophies, as well as gold, silver and bronze medals in the SA Young Wine Show – being held in the Johann Graue Hall at...
Jun 7, 2024
Entries are now open for this year’s SA Young Wine Show, for which winemakers can enter until 21 June in all the country’s wine regions and up to 5 July directly at the Show Office in Paarl. The organisers of the competition – for young wines made in the current year...