Awards for local wine
2008-11-06
THE Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 has proved to be an out and out international winner – gathering no less than five international awards so far this year. No sooner had the announcement been made that the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon had scooped a gold award at the 2008 Swiss International Airlines Wine Awards than the news came that this winner was awarded a gold at the 2008 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a highly regarded professional competition to select the very best wine and spirits produced worldwide. The competition held in Bordeaux this year attracted over 6000 entries which were tasted by some 240 expert judges. The “most influential wine competition in the world”, the Decanter World Wine Awards 2008 with its 9 219 entries, awarded Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 a silver award. But in fact, Decanter Awards chairman, Steven Spurrier, claims that “winning a silver medal in the Decanter World Wine Awards is the equivalent of winning a gold from other competitions”. At the third Wine & Spirits Asia, held in Singapore, over 500 entries were judged by influential connoisseurs in the industry. Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 was one of the only two recipients from South Africa to receive a silver from the total of 38 silvers awarded. The latest news is that this amazing Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 has won a silver award at the 4th Mundusvini International Wine Award held in Germany, also one of the largest recognised wine competitions in the world, having attracted 5343 entries. Cellarmaster Niel Bester of Plaisir de Merle has always maintained that he “likes to make wines that will be internationally acceptable”. And the achievements of his Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 are overwhelming proof, not that they are just acceptable, but winners.
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