African
CUISINE
All The Goodness of Africa
WINE & BEVERAGE REPORT
Success for
South Africa
at Decanter
World Wine
Awards
and break the mould, showing regional variety,
ranging from the chalky, mineral and steely to
the more herbaceous and exo?c ?avours, giving
the wine lover a great range of choice”.
presenta?on dinner at the Royal Opera House.
exci?ng and diverse at the moment, while a Trophy
win for Boschendal, Reserve Collec?on Shiraz
2011 is a testament to Stellenbosch’s established
winemaking”, commented Steven Spurrier, who
presented the Interna?onal Trophy winners with
their cer??cates at the night’s black-?e event.
In the Dry Aroma?c under £15 category, Paul
Cluver’s Gewürztraminer 2012 from Elgin
claimed the ?tle a?er two years in the hands of
Argen?nan Torrontés, while South Africa’s third
and fourth Trophies went to Cape Point for their
Isliedh 2012, and Boschendal, winning the White
South Africa has taken
Blend over £15 and Red Rhône varietal under
joint-second place of countries awarded £15 Trophies, respec?vely.
Interna?onal Trophies at this year’s Decanter
World Wine Awards (DWWA), the world’s largest “As well as producing a wide range of styles, South
wine compe??on, winning four of the pres?gious African winemakers are going from strength to
top accolades. The winners were announced strength in pu?ng their own regional stamp on
in London, at the 10th anniversary DWWA Old World classics. The whites are par?cularly
The Sauvignon Blanc over £15 Trophy went to
Cederberg’s David Nieuwoudt, showing that New
Zealand isn’t the only New World country making
world-class Sauvignon. His winning wine was the
Ghost Corner Sauvignon Blanc 2012, made in an
estate on the edge of the Cederberg Wilderness
Area. South Africa’s Regional Chair at the DWWA,
Lynne Sherri? MW, comments that within South
Africa “Sauvignon Blanc con?nues to ?ourish
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