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| New
Managing Director at Cape Wine
Academy - Adinda Booysen |
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Cape Wine Academy is proud to
announce Adinda Booysen as its
new Managing Director as of
November 2011. |
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| Cape
Wine Academy to Train 200 Wine
Advisors |
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Cape Wine Academy has secured
sponsorship from the Department
of Tourism and Hospitality together
with the Expanded Public Works
Program to train 200 Wine Advisors
– level 1 Sommelier, in
the Cape and Gauteng regions. |
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| Two
Oceans on a roll in the US |
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November 2011 - A listing by
the leading Four Seasons hospitality
group contributes to the growth
of South African wine brand,
Two Oceans, in the imported
wine sector. Two Oceans Chardonnay
will be offered across 25 establishments
in the US and Caribbean. |
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| Mantis
Collection Plaque Unveiled at
Stenden South Africa's MyPond
Hotel |
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November 2011 - A New Era for
Stenden South Africa and the
MyPond Hotel, as Stenden University's
President, Leendert Klassen,
unveils a Mantis Collection
plaque on the revamped MyPond
Hotel. This is a major turning
point for the MyPond Hotel and
an exciting milestone for Stenden
South Africa. |
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| La
Motte is Overall South African
Winner at Best of Wine Tourism
Awards |
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October 2011 - La Motte Wine
Estate in the Franschhoek Valley
is proud to have been voted
the South African winner of
the Great Wine Capitals (GWC)
Best of Wine Tourism Awards
for 2012, as announced at a
gala awards dinner held in Mainz,
Germany on 27 October. |
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| Best
Vintage Cap Classique in the
Country |
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October 2011 - Boschendal are
celebrating the success of their
Grande Cuvée Brut 2007,
winning Best Vintage category
at the Amorim Cap Classique
Challenge, Diamond Winemakers
Choice Award and Double Gold
at Veritas. |
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| The
Cape Wine Academy reaches 100
000-student milestone |
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October 2011 - Since its inception
32 years ago in 1979, over 100
000 students have enrolled for
various Cape Wine Academy courses
throughout South Africa. Approximately
50 000 of these students attended
various tertiary institutions
at which the Cape Wine Academy
teaches the wine module. |
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| Sweet
Success for Monis Sherries at
Veritas |
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October 2011 - Monis, South
Africa’s oldest producer
of fortified wines, received
three awards for its sherries
at this year’s SA National
Wine Show. The Monis Full Cream
Sherry received gold and the
Monis Medium Cream and Pale
Dry both received silver. |
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| Trio
of Nederburg 5-Star Wines in
2012 Platter’s and 6 Best
in Class Wines at London’s
IWSC |
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October 2011 - Nederburg has
three wines ranked worthy of
five stars in the 2012 edition
of Platter’s South African
Wine Guide. Three five-star
ratings is the highest number
achieved by any producer in
the 2012 edition of the guide. |
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| KWV
Makes History at Veritas Wine
and Brandy Awards |
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October 2011 - KWV has made
history by seizing the most
double gold and gold medals
ever won by a single producer
at the Veritas Awards, South
Africa’s oldest and most
prestigious wine competition. |
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| Platter’s
South African Wine Guide Announces
2012 Five Star Wines |
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October 2011 - Platter’s
South African Wine Guide, the
country’s leading wine
annual, is delighted to announce
the recipients of its highest
rating – five stars –
for the 2012 edition due in
November. |
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| Double
Gold for TOKARA Director’s
Reserve Red |
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October 2011 - The 2007 TOKARA
Director’s Reserve Red
won a double gold in the 2011
Veritas Wine Competition. The
Veritas Awards, SA’s biggest
wine competition for market
ready wines, is the longest
running and most prestigious
wine competition in South Africa
and is synonymous with excellence
in wine. |
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| Cape
Legends Scores at Veritas with
Double Gold and Gold |
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October 2011 - Cape Legends
came away from the SA National
Wine Show with a double gold
and three gold Veritas medals.
Gold medals were awarded to
the 2011 Neethlingshof Sauvignon
Blanc, 2008 Stellenzicht Golden
Triangle Shiraz and to Uitkyk’s
Estate Brandy Grand Reserve
10 year-old. |
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| Three
Golds for De Krans at Veritas |
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October 2011 - De Krans Wine
Cellar scooped three gold medals
at the 2011 Veritas Awards.
Gold medals were awarded to
the Cape Vintage Reserve Port
2009, Cape Vintage Reserve Port
2001 (Museum Class) and the
White Muscadel Jerepigo 2011.
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| Alto’s
New Concept Parties Hit the
Mark |
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October 2011 - The Cape Town
leg of the Alto Red & Black
Lounge Party, in partnership
with City Press and Heart FM,
held at the Alto Wine Estate
on Thursday 29th September was
an evening of style, glamour
and fine cuisine as some of
the country’s top Sommeliers
and media industry movers and
shakers arrived dressed to theme
for a night of Alto’s
fine wines paired with great
cuisine. |
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| Beguiling
Pongrácz Rosé
magnum – the perfect festive
season accessory |
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October 2011 - Add an air of
nobility to the festive season
with Pongrácz Rosé,
available in an eminently sophisticated
1,5 litre magnum complete with
an exquisitely designed gift
tin. |
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| 50-Year-Old
Chateau Libertas Trio Sells
For R20 000 |
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September 2011 - At the 2011
Nederburg Auction, a trio of
50-year-old bottles went for
an impressive R20 000, the equivalent
of R6 666 a 750ml bottle. The
1961 vintage wine was bought
by a foreign company trading
between Asia and Africa. |
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| Nederburg
Ranked Best of Best in Southern
Hemisphere’s Five Nations
Challenge |
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September 2011 - Nederburg’s
2009 Eminence, a Private Bin
wine made for sale exclusively
on the Nederburg Auction, has
been judged the wine of the
show at the 2011 Five Nations
Wine Challenge in Sydney. It
also took the trophy for the
top dessert wine on the show. |
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| TOPS
Soweto Wine Festival Pops a
Cork in Celebration |
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September 2011 - The organisers
and visitors of the 7th TOPS
Soweto Wine Festival are hailing
the 2011 festival as the best
ever in terms of attendance,
operations, flow and offerings.
Part of the Arts Alive calendar,
the 2011 TOPS Soweto Wine Festival
attracted a record 8550 people
over the 3 evenings, which is
1002 more people than last year. |
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| Three
New Cape Wine Masters Graduate |
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May 2011 - Three new graduates
have been awarded Diplomas as
Cape Wine Masters at a ceremony
being hosted by Lourensford
Estate in Somerset West on Friday,
May 6. This marks the 27th anniversary
since the first South African
CWMs qualified (in 1984) and
brings the number of successful
candidates to 78, and the Institute
membership to 71 (including
three honorary members). |
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| Fleur
du Cap launches eco-friendly
neck tags that grow on you |
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| WESTERN
CAPE, STELLENBOSCH, 20 FEBRUARY
2011 - Fleur du Cap is living
up to its mantra “Inspired
by Nature” in an innovative
new eco-friendly way, by becoming
the first wine producer to print
on actual seed paper for its
promotional neck-tags. |
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| Major
players and top winemakers impress
at Cape Wine Academy Technical
Tasting |
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| WESTERN
CAPE, STELLENBOSCH, 18 NOVEMER
2010 - Major players and top
winemakers impressed Capetonians
with their local and international
wines at a Cape
Wine Academy Technical Tastings
at the Agriworks Farmers Expo
held from 11 – 13 November.
Attended by over 3,500 people,
the expo is hosted by CADEK
Media. |
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| Cape
Wine Academy signs agreement
with the German Wine and Sommelier
School |
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Cape Wine Academy and the German
Wine and Sommelier School are
each, in their respective countries,
leading providers of professional,
quality-orientated wine training
and further education programmes.
Both institutions provide seminar
and training programmes to all
who are interested in wine. |
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| First
Cape Sommelier™ for Hyatt
Hotel in Rosebank |
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| JOHANNESBURG,
GAUTENG, 30 SEPTEMBER 2010 -
Erick Sikhosana is the latest
student to achieve the prestigious
Cape Sommelier™ qualification.
Employed at the Hyatt Hotel
in Rosebank, Sikhosana joins
a list of only eight people
to receive the official Cape
Sommelier™ badge, a testament
to a standard of excellence
achieved in fine dining through
creative food and wine pairing. |
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