How to top off a very good day? Follow a good
tasting and lunch with the excitement of the Platter Wine Guide launch at the
Mount Nelson. This year there were 50 five star wines and one five star Brandy
and, following the well organised award ceremony, we had the opportunity of tasting all of these five star wines. It was very exciting indeed and we love
seeing happy, beaming wine makers. Winery of the year was Swartland based Sadie
Family Wines - the only winery to have three 5 star wines. White Wine of the
year went to De Morgenzon Reserve Chardonnay 2013 and Red Wine of the Year to
David Trafford for the De Trafford Blueprint Syrah 2012, his most affordable
red. There was a very large crowd and some killer wines. But not all suit all
palates, nor should they. Vive la difference!
Canapés with a
glass of Graham Beck MCC
Mushroom vol
au vents
Duck and also
some with smoked salmon
Suné Eksteen
with Journalist Cathy Marston
Journalist
David Biggs with Gail Alswang looking glam
Fried prawns
with sweet chilli sauce
Gerard Scholtz, presenter on DeKat TV,
opens the Awards ceremony
Lee-Ann Shepherd, Head of Marketing at Diners Club
Dr Dave
Swingler
Publisher JP
Rossouw reveals the colour of this years guide and called it “Fermenting
Beaujolais”
Richard Kershaw
hugs his wife in anticipation. YES! He did get 5 stars for his Kershaw Clonal Selection Chardonnay 2013. In front of them, Kalinka Lombard of Wine Style
The previous
publisher of Platter, Andrew McDowall with Glenda Pope
David and Nadia Sadie were awarded 5 stars for their Aristargos white blend
A very
thrilled Wendy Appelbaum with winemaker Carl van der Merwe receiving their award
Christopher
Rawbone Viljoen of Oak Valley gets theirs
Eben Sadie
with the first of three
To Richard
Kershaw
And another to
DeMorgenzon
who also won
for White Wine of the year with their Reserve Chardonnay 2013
Red Wine of
the Year to David Trafford for the De Trafford Blueprint Syrah 2012
Winery of the
year went to Swartland based Sadie Family Wines - the only winery with three
5 star wines
Brad Paton of
Buitenverwachting was awarded 5 stars for Hussey’s Vlei Sauvignon Blanc and
Miles Mossop earned 5 stars for his own wine Saskia, both looking jubilant
The crush at
the tasting table. Norma
Ratcliffe of Warwick (5 stars for their Cabernet franc) with Sommelier Greg Mutambe of The
Twelve Apostles Hotel
Norma and Greg
PRO Posy
Hazel with a friend, and big man Bartho Eksteen who got 5 stars for his Diners Club Bartho Eksteen CWG Auction Reserve Vloekskoot 2013 Sauvignon blanc
Carl van der
Merwe of DeMorgenzon with his very pretty wife
Lynne with two
lovely ladies who are wine fans and who were loving the evening
Posy Hazell
with Sommelier Khuselo Mputa - Restaurant Manager at Grande Provence
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