Bubbling at the 2013 Veritas Awards

8 Oct 2013

The KWV again triumphed as best wine producer at Veritas this year with no less than four double gold and 13 gold medals, followed by Nederburg with four double gold and nine gold medals, Boplaas Family Vineyards with four double gold and six gold medals and De Grendel with three double gold medals at last week's 2013 Veritas Awards ceremony. In the category for brandy, Van Ryn's took the lead with three double gold medals, followed by Boplaas, Oude Meester, Klipdrift Gold and Flight of the Fish Eagle with one double gold award each.

2013 Veritas Top Achievers: Margaux Nel (Boplaas), Johann Fourie (KWV), Elzette du Preez (De Grendel) en Danie Morkel (Nederburg)

The organisers added a 'Best Performer by Entry' category for wines this year, with a category for less than 10 entries and another for more than 10 entries. All the medals received by entrants were considered and points given on a weighted scale. In the category with less than 10 wines entered Flagstone took the honours as Best Performer and in the category with more than 10 wine entered, Nederburg was the Best Performer.

Ten wineries clinched two double gold medals each: Delaire Graff, Eagles' Nest, Flagstone, Graham Beck, Kanonkop, Rustenburg, Simonsig, Spier, Tokara and Windmeul.

Bubbling with success

The prestige cuvée of The House of JC Le Roux, Scintilla 2003, continues to sparkle as one of South Africa's top Méthode Cap Classiques with another Veritas Gold medal. This adds to its Overall MCC champion of the 2013 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show and the 2012 Amorim Cap Classique Challenge awards.

"This is our second consecutive Veritas gold medal for the 2003 Scintilla vintage which just shows that our flagship Cap Classique can go the distance," says cellarmaster Elunda Basson.

It sells at The House of JC Le Roux at R160 and is available exclusively at Makro in an elegant gift pack for the festive season at R149.95. For more information, go to www.jcleroux.co.za, www.facebook.com/HouseofJCLeroux or follow @LeGoodLife on Twitter.

For more information on the Veritas winners, go to www.veritas.co.za.