Diners Club recently announced the Western Cape winners of the 2019 Winelist Awards at The Forum Embassy Hill in Constantia, Cape Town.

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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.
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