VERITAS 2022

LIVING LEGENDS 2022

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the title as International Winemaker of the Year four times, as well as the best producer over 50 years at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) in 2019. It was a great moment in Johann’s career when earlier this year he was elected as only the second South African to be the President of the IWSC – one of the oldest wine shows in the world, based in London. Moreover, we received the wonderful news a few days ago that Kanonkop was named as the Best Red Wine Producer at this year’s IWSC. Our heartiest congratulations, Johann! You are a notable example of a true Living Legend with your immense contribution to our industry! ANGELA LLOYD Angela’s wine writing career started 40 years ago in 1983 with a popular monthly subscriber newsletter for the Cape Wine Centre or Drop Inn. A tasting on the subject Blanc de Noir & Rosé – is there a place for both in the market? – got Angela her first writing gig in the then Wynboer magazine, today WineLand. Wide-ranging in-depth and sometimes controversial articles followed over the years, including “London in Retrospect” – South Africa’s first showing since the Mandela release. She was the first to broadcast locally about wine on radio, for Woman’s Hour in 1992 - 1995, writing the scripts and pre-recording. Further live radio work with Cape Talk followed. A favourite commission was the monthly Taste Match for Sunday Life from 1996 to 1998. This involved a taste-off between foreign and local wines, with a blind tasting and guest celebrity discussion, also reviewing wines, both local and foreign. One of her greatest achievements is the wine tasting and describing for the Platter’s Wine Guide that has spanned no less than 37 years, from 1986 to date. She also wrote wine for the Cape Times Funfinder in 1984 – 1986; the Signature – Diners Club magazine in 1988 – 1991; Wine magazine, 1993 – 2011 and a monthly article for Wines of South Africa from 2004 onwards. Her own blog, namely www.outofthepress.wordpress.com, has been running since 2009. In addition to doing several local once-offs, a highlight was winning the short format story category of the Franschhoek Literary Wine Awards. Internationally, Angela wrote travel features for the UK’s Decanter magazine in 2012 - 2021; and, from 2004 onwards, for the Wine Enthusiast in the USA, interviewing big names in wine, as well as travel features, wine and food with chefs and sommeliers, and Covid and the SA alcohol ban. In 1995 – 2015, she was the South African contributor for the Oz Clarke Pocket Wine Book & Microsoft Wine Guide by Websters Publishers. She also researched and wrote the South African sections for the Dorling Kindersley Wines of the World 2003 and Thomson Delmar Learning – About Wine South Africa, in 2005. Well-known in South African and international wine circles, Angela Lloyd is an eminently versatile and superb wine writer and thoroughly deserves this Living Legend Award! OLLA OLIVIER One of the most colourful personalities in our wine industry, Olla Olivier was born and bred in the Karoo town, Prieska. He finished his high school years at Paul Roos Gimnasium and visited a wine farm or two ... and that’s what sparked his imagination.