Local wine shines at awards
2007-05-17
A WELLINGTON wine won one of the top awards at the fifth Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards announced last week.
Alkmaar wines, located in the Perdeskoen area, won the Best Kept Secret category with their The Old School Master 2005.
Owner Bouwer Nel says that his vines are still young and only the premium grapes were used.
“We are proud to say that we received this accolade for our first wine from our first harvest. We can only go forward from here.”
The wine is a tribute to the old Stucki farm school which exised in Blouvlei between 1862 and 1919. It was headed by Dutch schoolmaster Marius Jacobus Stucki, who named the farm Alkmaar after his town of birth.
Another local wine, Plaisir de Merle Chardonnay 2006, also won a Gold medal and took double honours as both Top Chardonnay and Top White. The wine has also been selected for on board service in first class on Swiss Inter-national Air Lines.
The Best Value Red (under R60) went to the Kango Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Shiraz 2006 in Oudtshoorn.
The coveted Top Pinotage award went to Deetlefs Oak Matured Pinotage 2005, with the Groenland Antoinette Marie Reserve 2004 walking away with the Top Cape Blend (without Pinotage). Akkerdal Wild Boar 2005 took the Top Bordeaux Style Red award.
In the other white wine categories, gold medals were awarded for best Sauvignon Blanc to Gold medal award winners Neethlingshof Sauvignon Blanc 2006 and the Top Oaked Sauvignon Blanc went to Bellingham The Maverick Wooded Sauvignon Blanc 2006.
Joostenberg Noble Late Harvest Chenin Blanc 2005 won in the Top Late Harvest White category, whilst the Top Organic White award was presented to Laibach The Ladybird 2005.
Saronsberg in Tulbagh was one of the top performers in this year’s competition, having received eight awards.
Plaisir de Merle Chardonnay 2006 was not only the top Chardonnay, but also the top white wine. Moreover, the wine’s inclusion on the first class wine menu of Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards gives them exposure to an important audience of discerning travellers.
The Backsberg Babylons Toren Viognier 2005, a lightly wooded Viognier of exceptional flavour and complexity in Backsberg’s reserve range, won a gold medal, as did the Lindhorst 2004 Max’s Tribute.
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