The Cape Port Association annual awards luncheon at Muratie, Stellenbosch

The awards ceremony took place at Muratie on Wednesday, 18 May and was a very jolly affair. There are awards for all the different iterations of Port as well as wine made from port varietals. We tasted the ports and drank some of the wine entries with lunch.

Carel Nel of Boplaas had everyone wondering whether they had won

and then they found out as the announcements were made

Chair of the judges Christine Rudman tells us what the judges were looking for and what they had found

Trophy Winner Mike Neebe of Axe Hill Vineyards, Calitzdorp

 and the top award winners, from L to R: Anneke du Plessis of KWV, Carel Nel of Boplaas, Mike Neebe of Axe Hill, Alwyn Burger of Calitzdorp Cellar, Louis van der Riet of De Krans

And then it was time for lunch. Freshly baked bread and farm butter

Nan bread gave us a clue as to what was coming

Another clue, fresh Poppadums

Peter Bayly and Christine Rudman having a laugh and a glass of Pink Port

Ah, it's a great Cape lamb neck curry cooked by Kim Melck. It went extremely well with the Axe Hill Distinta

AND the De Krans Tritonia

The chef, Kim Melck

The ports for tasting

Rijk Melck with a friend

There is a small room at the corner of the winery building which was, apparently, a retreat for former owner Georg Canitz. The walls are covered in graffiti, most of it is about 70 years old

Some of it is rather cheeky

The flock of geese on Muratie does a great job eating up snails and other pests

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CAPPA PORT AND WINE CHALLENGE 2016

A Cape Vintage is this year’s winning port

The Axe Hill Cape Vintage 2013 from Calitzdorp is this year’s overall winning port of the annual Cappa Challenge, while Calitzdorp produced all but five winners from the 62 entries in both divisions.

The winning port was made from the Portuguese varieties Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barocca and Souzão.

In second place overall is the KWV Cape Tawny (non-vintage), while Boplaas Cape Tawny 1995 took the second place in the Cape Tawny class.

In the Cape Vintage class, Axe Hill 2013 is the overall winner, with De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2013 in second place. De Krans won a further two golds with the De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2014 and De Krans Cape Vintage 2013.

In the Cape Ruby class Calitzdorp Winery Cape Ruby is the overall winner and the KWV Classic Collection Cape Ruby was placed second.

The combined museum class winners are the KWV Limited Release 1961 and De Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2005. Boplaas won two gold medals with the Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve 2005 and 2006.

In the table wine division for natural wine made from traditional port varieties, Boplaas took altogether four places among the top ten, with the Boplaas Reserve Ring of Rocks 2013, Boplaas Tinta Barocca 2015, Boplaas WW Tinta Barocca 2014 and Boplaas Portuguese Collection 2015. De Krans took three places in the top ten with the De Krans Tritonia 2014, De Krans Tinta Barocca 2013 and De Krans Tinta Roriz 2013. The other three places are held by Bergsig Touriga Nacional 2015,  Bergsig Touriga Nacional 2013 (Breedekloof) and Overgaauw Touriga Nacional 2015.

–     Issued by Cappa (Cape Port Producers’ Association)

–     Jean-Mari Strauss 021 865 2330

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