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| La
Motte is Overall South African Winner at
Best of Wine Tourism Awards |
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Motte Wine Estate has been voted the South
African winner of the Great Wine Capitals
(GWC) Best Of Wine Tourism Awards for 2012. |
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SOUTH
AFRICA, FRANSCHHOEK, 31 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.GWC
is a network of the world’s leading
wine-producing countries that
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share international best practice
in the name of advancing standards
in wine tourism across the world.
The dinner was attended by leading
wine tourism practitioners from around
the world.
What made La Motte stand out amongst
the illustrious crowd was its consistent
excellence in a variety of categories
for which it had entered, such as
Arts and Culture, Sustainable Wine
Tourism Practices, Architecture and
Landscapes, Innovative Wine Tourism
Experiences and Wine Tourism Restaurant. |
Apart
from La Motte's overall Best of Wine
Tourism victory in the competition,
the estate was also voted as:
- winner in the category Arts
and Culture
- second runner-up in the category
Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices
- second runner-up in the category
Architecture and Landscapes and
- third runner-up in the category
Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences.
As the Best of Wine Tourism title
holder for 2012, La Motte joins
iconic names in wine such as Spain’s
Bodegas Campo Viejo of Rioja, acclaimed
for its wine and architecture; the
famous thirteenth century Château
d´Agassac of Bordeaux in France;
the 900 year-old Dievole of Florence,
Italy; Vinothek Bingen am Rhein
in Germany, that serves as a special
visitor centre at the gateway to
the Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site; Quinta do Portal,
representing four estates in the
Douro, Portugal; the lofty Bodega
Atamisque, 1 300 metres above sea
level at the entrance to the Uco
Valley in Mendoza, Argentina; the
luxury resort Meadowood of California’s
Napa Valley, which boasts a three-star
Michelin restaurant; and specialty
boutique guides, Appellation Central
Wine Tours of Christchurch, New
Zealand.
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GWC’s members, in addition
to Cape Town-Cape Winelands,
include Mainz-Rheinhessen (Germany),
Bilbao-Rioja (Spain), Bordeaux
(France), Florence (Italy),
Mendoza (Argentina), Porto (Portugal),
San Francisco-Napa (United States)
and New Zealand’s Christchurch.
Hein Koegelenberg, CEO of La
Motte: “While our major
focus has always been the production
of exceptional wines for the
local as well as international
markets, this award, following
shortly after La Motte's nomination
in the top 20 of the Eat Out
DSTV Food Network Restaurants
Awards, is a great inspiration
to us in our dedication to a
culture of excellence over a
broader spectrum”.
Contributing to La Motte's attraction
as a wine tourism destination
and its achievement in the GWC
competition, is the comprehensive
experience it offers –
a heritage spanning over three
centuries, |
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Hein
Koegelenberg, CEO of La Motte
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architecture that successfully
blends the old with the new
, a restaurant with its traditional
Cape Winelands Cuisine offering,
a museum, housing an exquisite
collection of works by South
African master Jacob Hendrik
Pierneef,a Hiking Route to showcase
the farms Biodiversity Champion
Status and of course, the elegant
way in which visitors are introduced
to La Motte's pride, its enjoyable
range of wines.
La Motte will be hosting the
prestigious Best of Wine Tourism
Awards at La Motte on 22 November.
The awards ceremony is a Great
Wine Capitals initiative, and
will be held in the Western
Cape for the second time this
year. |
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