VERITAS 2024
1 VERITAS AWARDS 2024
VERITAS AWARDS CELEBRATED IN GRAND STYLE It was an evening of glitz and glamour at the stylish 34th Veritas Awards, featuring another record number of medals to well-known brands, as well as novices. At the same time, the Duimpie Bayly Vertex trophy for the best wine entered was clinched by the KWV The Mentors Perold 2020, a Cape Blend of Pinotage/Shiraz/ Cabernet Sauvignon/Petite Sirah/Malbec. It is the third time that a Red Blend clinches the Vertex Award. At the glamorous dinner known as the “Oscars” of the wine industry in the Ballroom of the CTICC in Cape Town, guests celebrated the Veritas Awards and enjoyed an evening of splendid food, award winning wines and entertainment. The key sponsors of Veritas – SA Litho and Deloitte – were again joined by KykNet’s Ontbytsake TV, Nashua, Dry Ice International and Porex SA. Veritas gladly welcomes its partners and appreciate their enthusiasm and commitment in presenting the Awards. The Veritas tradition to honour industry leaders since 2009, was continued this year. Thereby, three leading personalities received the 2024 Living Legend Scroll of Honour for their dedication to and enthusiasm and passion for the domestic wine and brandy industries. They are Philip Jordaan, Tim Hutchinson and Dr Johann Rupert. We are proud to announce that a record number of 70 Double Gold and 175 Gold awards were handed out this year, together with 248 Silver Outstanding, 473 Silver and 201 Bronze. The Veritas Awards drew 1 265 entries. The seven most keenly contested categories in terms of entries received were: Red Blends (173), Sauvignon Blanc (134), Cabernet Sauvignon (111), Chardonnay (105), Chenin Blanc (101), Shiraz (92) and Pinotage (77). The judging panels consisted of five members each and we welcomed four international judges at the judging, sponsored by Dry Ice International. They were Michael Franz (USA), Uli Hoffmann (UK), Joe Wadsack (UK) and Jo Wessels (Germany). Wine lovers can again purchase the awarded wines through the VinoVeritas App by CTP/SA Litho. We launched this application in 2020 to enable consumers to order the awarded wines directly online for delivery to their doorstep by our partner, GetWine, and wine lovers have been most impressed with this service. Users of the Veritas purchasing app, can join us at the regular public wine tasting countrywide, presented under the Deloitte banner, and taste and buy as they work their way around the room with the awesome selection of 245 Double Gold and Gold wines. We are delighted that Deloitte fulfils this important marketing role for Veritas and the wine industry with their sponsorship. These tastings will be held on 24 October in Cape Town, 31 October in Johannesburg and 6 November in Durban. All the tastings will take place at the Deloitte premises in each city. See further information at www.veritas.co.za PorexSA will continue to sponsor the tasting of the Double Gold wines in London, as well as flying the winner of the Duimpie Bayly Vertex award to the UK to attend this event. We are thrilled to have KykNet’s Ontbytsake as our TV sponsor and Nashua as our financial partner for the gala dinner. We are proud to present the Veritas Awards to the wine consumers both locally and overseas on behalf of the SA Wine Industry. We trust that you will enjoy the amazing selection of outstanding South African Wines awarded by Veritas, either at home or in your favourite restaurant.
Christo Pienaar CHAIRPERSON VERITAS AWARDS
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