{"id":20402,"date":"2015-10-19T05:19:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T05:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=20402"},"modified":"2015-10-19T05:47:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T05:47:10","slug":"top-rose-wine-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/top-rose-wine-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ros\u00e9 Wine Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa\u2019s Top Ros\u00e9 Wines were announced on the evening of Wed 30<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Sept 2015 at The Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront Cape Town.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overall winner: \u00a0<\/b>Tamboerskloof Katharien Syrah Ros\u00e9 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

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Top 10 ros\u00e9 wines in South Africa 2015:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Arabella Pink Panacea 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0<\/span>Brampton Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0<\/span>Eagle\u2019s Cliff Shiraz Ros\u00e9 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Signal Gun Ros\u00e9 2015 | \u00a0Warwick The First Lady Dry Ros\u00e9 2015\u00a0| \u00a0<\/span>Noble Hill Mourv\u00e8dre Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Noble Savage Cabernet Sauvignon Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0<\/span>Fat Bastard Pinot Noir Ros\u00e9 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

Slanghoek Vinay Ros\u00e9 Natural Sweet 2015 \u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>Tamboerskloof Katharien Syrah Ros\u00e9 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

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Top MCC\u00a0 Ros\u00e9 Wines in South Africa 2015:<\/b><\/p>\n

1st place: <\/b>Villiera Woolworths Brut Ros\u00e9
\n2nd<\/span>\u00a0place: Klein Optenhorst Pinot Noir 2012 MCC \u00a0| \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>3rd place: Plettenvale Brut Ros\u00e9 MCC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Over 160 wines were entered into the competition and tasted blind with no indication of vintage, wine farm or technical analysis. All the results were independently audited by Grant Thornton South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The judging panel, chaired by wine expert and industry legend, Allan Mullins comprised Neil Pendock, wine writer and judge with over 30 years\u2019 experience; Marthelize Tredoux, a seasoned writer for winemag.co.za and winner of the 2013 Veritas Young Wine Writer award; Tinashe Nyamudoka, the head Sommelier and beverage manager at acclaimed restaurant The Test Kitchen; Praisy Dlamini, an accomplished winemaker and the first woman Cape Winemakers Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 (2008); and Malu Lambert, an established freelance food and wine journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Allan Mullins said \u201cThe range of wines to taste was remarkable and the judging was no easy task, which just goes to show what an amazing wine category ros\u00e9 has become in South Africa.\u201d He added \u201cthe ros\u00e9 wine category in South Africa has a fantastic future and Ros\u00e9 Rocks competition has put it in the spotlight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Winner of the Best Designed label:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Cavalli Estate\u2019s Pink Pony Ros\u00e9\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Best Designed Label category was judged by Abigail Donnelly, food editor of Taste Magazine and chief judge of the Eat Out Awards; Jessica Ross, deputy editor House & Leisure Magazine; and Liam Mooney, an award-winning interior designer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of the Ros\u00e9 Rocks competition is to recognize excellence in ros\u00e9 winemaking and to promote the South African ros\u00e9 category.<\/span><\/p>\n

roserocks.co.za\u00a0<\/a>| Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africa\u2019s Top Ros\u00e9 Wines were announced on the evening of Wed 30th Sept 2015 at The Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront Cape Town. Overall winner: \u00a0Tamboerskloof Katharien Syrah Ros\u00e9 2015 Top 10 ros\u00e9 wines in South Africa 2015: Arabella Pink Panacea 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0Brampton Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0Eagle\u2019s Cliff Shiraz Ros\u00e9 2015 Signal Gun Ros\u00e9 2015 | \u00a0Warwick The First Lady Dry Ros\u00e9 2015\u00a0| \u00a0Noble Hill Mourv\u00e8dre Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0 Noble Savage Cabernet Sauvignon Ros\u00e9 2015 \u00a0| \u00a0Fat Bastard Pinot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}