Vitis Vinifera Awards 2023: A celebration of excellence in wine and spirits
The Vitis Vinifera Awards 2023, a gathering of experts and aficionados in the realm of wine and spirits, recently concluded an extensive tasting at the beautiful Lanzerac Estate in Stellenbosch. This event showcased the very best in oenology and distillation. The...
Stories Untold – Cape Wine Masters students on SABC News
Stories Untold follows the inspirational stories of two 2023 Cape Wine Master students – Lethabo Komana and Xolani Mancotywa– who have had their lives changed by this program. Lethabo is part of the new students who were recognized at the graduation ceremony...
Dave Hughes Trophy – 2023
Heidi Duminy, principal of the CWA since July 2020, was designated as the fourth winner of the Dave Hughes Trophy, instituted in honour of the co-founder and honorary CWM of the Cape Wine Academy in 1979, who died in February this year. It is awarded annually to the...
ICWM Wine Personality of the Year – 2023
At the annual ICWM black-tie dinner held at Creation Wines in the Hemel-and-Aarde Valley on Saturday, 12 August, the name of the winner of the Wine Personality of the Year award was announced. Pieter ‘Bubbles’ Ferreira, chief operating officer and visionary winemaker...