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| KWV
Makes History at Veritas Wine and Brandy
Awards |
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| KWV
has seized the most double gold and gold
medals ever won by a single producer at
the Veritas Awards. |
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SOUTH
AFRICA, WESTERN CAPE, 11 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. The winners were announced
on Saturday, October 8, at a gala dinner
hosted at the Cape Town International Convention
Centre.
The Paarl-based icon of the South African
wine and brandy industry re-wrote the record
books when it received a remarkable five
double gold and nine gold medals among the
overall 37 medals it collected in the competition.
Significantly, the results highlight strength
across all categories and price points among
the company’s diverse portfolio of
brands. |
Topping the list, KWV won double gold awards
for its Cape Classic Tawny Port, 1930 Muscadel
LBV, 15-year-old pot still brandy and no
less than two of its wines in the KWV The
Mentors range - The Mentors Sauvignon Blanc
2009 and The Mentors Petit Verdot 2009.
Over the past few months alone, The Mentors
have featured in virtually every major wine
competition, including international events
such as this year’s Mundus Vini International
Wine Awards in Germany and the Five Nations
Wine Challenge, which pits wines from leading
wine producers Argentina, Australia, South
Africa, New Zealand and Chile against each
other. At the Veritas Awards this year,
it was the range to garner the most recognition
for KWV, adding 13 medals to the final tally.
The sweeping achievements are the result
of a disciplined strategy in the ascendency
of KWV as a world-class South African producer,
which is bearing fruit. |
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Richard
Rowe, KWV Chief Winemaker |
“Three years ago we set ourselves
a goal to be the most successful exhibitor
at Veritas and are delighted to have
been able to deliver on that goal
this year,” declared KWV Chief
Winemaker Richard Rowe. He said the
outstanding achievement was a credit
to the wine and brandy teams who had
worked hard to take KWV wines and
brandy to a new level.
“The
stylistic awareness and finessing
of our wine making is to a large extent
a major contributing factor to our
Veritas success, and it is often the
stylistic subtleties that differentiate
between Bronze and Double Gold medals.
“We will be getting the winemakers
together over the next few weeks to
work through these fantastic results
and to redefine our future wine making
goals; we must maintain the momentum.
As you can imagine, a result like
this has made a major impression on
our young winemaking team - the energy
around here at the moment is contagious,”
he said. |
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The
KWV wines and brandies were among
1 739 entrants examined by a team
of more than 100 local judges and
nine international wine and brandy
experts. Just ten top wine and brandy
cellars laid claim to more than half
of this year’s Veritas Awards
double gold medals.
With KWV’s
brandy division claiming a host of
medals – including four golds
along with the double gold medal,
and particularly its win of seven
medals from seven entries - the exuberant
sentiments were shared. “With
these results our brandies show real
consistency in excellence and quality
across the entire range, that together
with its awards in the wine and fortified
categories, highlight KWV's superb
quality over a diverse range of products,”
Kobus Gelderbloem, Chief Brandy Master
of KWV SA and Laborie, said.
“All credit must go to the wonderful
and dedicated teams within the vineyards
right through to the blending cellar,”
he added. |
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Kobus
Gelderbloem, Chief Brandy Master
of KWV SA and Laborie |
Of the total, 42 (2.41%)
double gold, 158 (9.08%) gold, 609
(35.0%) silver and 619 (35.6%) bronze
medals were awarded.
The remaining
KWV winners were:
Golds: KWV The Mentors
Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon 2009; KWV
The Mentors Canvas 2009; KWV Reserve
Collection Chardonnay 2010; Cathedral
Cellar 2009 Triptych; KWV Hanepoot
Jeripigo 1973; Imoya Brandy; KWV 10YO
Brandy; KWV 20YO Brandy; and, Laborie
Alambic Brandy.
Silver:
KWV The Mentors Pinotage 2009; KWV
The Mentors Shiraz 2009; KWV The Mentors
Grenache Blanc 2010; Cathedral Cellar
Sauvignon Blanc 2010; Cathedral Cellar
Shiraz 2009; Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay
2010; KWV Reserve Sauvignon Blanc
2010; Laborie Limited Collection Chardonnay
2010; Laborie Jean Taillefert Shiraz
2009; KWV 3YO Brandy; and, KWV 5YO
Brandy.
Bronze:
KWV The Mentors Chardonnay 2010; KWV
The Mentors Semillon 2009; KWV The
Mentors Semillon 2010; KWV The Mentors
Viognier 2010; KWV The Mentors Orchestra2008;
KWV The Mentors Orchestra 2009; Cathedral
Cellar Chenin Blanc 2009; Cathedral
Cellar Triptych 2008; Cathedral Cellar
Pinotage 2009; Laborie Brut 2008;
Laborie Limited Collection Shiraz
2008; and, Laborie Limited Collection
Shiraz 2009. |
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