Diners Club announces 2019 Western Cape Winelist Awards

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At least 51 Western Cape restaurants submitted wine lists this year, and awards were presented in Diamond, Platinum and Gold. A total of 16 restaurants received Diamond Awards, 20 received Platinum Awards and six got Gold Awards.

This year, 205 restaurants from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng submitted wine lists for judging by a select panel led by the publisher of the Platter’s by Diners Club Wine Guide, Jean-Pierre Rossouw.

Welcoming Jp Roussow, publisher of the Platters by Diners Club Wine Guide and covenor of the 2019 Winelist Awards #dcwinelistawards pic.twitter.com/hVvUUx5OBK

— Diners Club SA (@DinersClubSA) September 19, 2019

And the Western Cape winners are:

Diamond Award Winners

• Azure, The 12 Apostles Hotel - Camps Bay
• Bientang's Cave Restaurant & Wine Bar - Hermanus
• Bushman's Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat - Clanwilliam
• Casabella at The Sanctuary - Somerset West
• Cavalli - Stellenbosch
• Delaire Graff Restaurant - Stellenbosch
• Ellerman House - Bantry Bay
• Grootbos Lodge - Gansbaai
• Indochine Restaurant at Delaire Graff - Stellenbosch
• Karibu Restaurant - V&A Waterfront
• Karoo Art Hotel - Barrydale
• La Colombe - Constantia
• La Residence Hotel - Franschhoek 
• Noop - Paarl
• The Hussar Grill Camps Bay
• The Hussar Grill Worcester

Platinum Award Winners

• Casabella GrandWest - Goodwood
• Cattle Baron De Waterkant – Cape Town
• French Connection Bistro - Franschhoek
• Grootbos Private Nature Reserve - Gansbaai
• Stellenbosch Golf Club
• The Conservatory, The Cellars-Hohenort - Constantia
• The Forum Embassy Hill - Constantia
• The Hussar Grill Durbanville
• The Hussar Grill Franschhoek
• The Hussar Grill Grand West
• The Hussar Grill Mouille Point
• The Hussar Grill Paarl
• The Hussar Grill Rondebosch
• The Hussar Grill Somerset West
• The Hussar Grill Steenberg
• The Hussar Grill Stellenbosch
• The Hussar Grill Willowbridge
• The Marine Hotel - Hermanus
• Turn ‘n Tender - Somerset West
• Viande Grande Roche - Paarl

Gold Award Winners

• Bistro @ La Vierge - Hermanus
• Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Cape Town
• Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Cavendish
• Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Paarl
• Den Anker - V&A Waterfront
• The Shelley Point Hotel & Spa - St Helena Bay

Best Winelist at a Golf Course – Western Cape and National Winner

• Stellenbosch Golf Club