Winemaker of the Year 2018 guidelines<\/h4>\n
The competition is open to all in the South African wine industry at no cost, affording all winemakers a shot at the sought-after titles. While other awards focus on just the wine, the Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year awards celebrate the skills and talent of the vintners. The awards are presented to the winemakers who produce a wine that the judging panel considers to be the best in a specified class. The categories for 2018 are Chardonnay<\/strong><\/a> single varietal wines for Winemaker of the Year, and Red Wines<\/strong><\/a> of any varietal or blend for Young Winemaker of the Year. As in previous years, winemakers can be shortlisted for more than one submission.<\/p>\n The field was narrowed down to the eleven finalists through rigorous judging over two days by a team of wine gurus, including the renowned international judge, Michael O\u2019Connell. All the judges agree that it will be a close race for the top prize, a clear indication that the finalist wines are outstanding. Judges examined each wine evaluating appearance, aroma, taste, aftertaste and overall impression.<\/p>\n Winemaker of the Year category: Chardonnay<\/p>\n Andries Burger \u2013 Paul Cluver Estate Wines \u2013 2017 Seven Flags Chardonnay 2018 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Finalists: Back left to right: Arco Laarman (Laarman Cellar Services at Avondale Wines), Ronell Wiid (Bartinney Private Cellar), Clayton Reabow (M\u00f4reson) and Andries Burger (Paul Cluver Estate) Young Winemaker of the Year category: Red Wines<\/p>\n Bobby Wallace \u2013 Iona Vineyards \u2013 2017 Pinot Noir 2018 Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year Finalists: Left to right: Bobby Wallace (Iona Vineyards), Juandr\u00e9 Bruwer (Diemersdal Estate), Philip Viljoen (Bon Courage Estate), Rudger van Wyk (Stark-Cond\u00e9 Wines) and Philip Theron (Glen Carlou).<\/p>\n The Diners Club Winemaker of the Year 2018 Judges<\/strong><\/p>\n The winners of both the Winemaker and the Young Winemaker of the Year awards will be presented at a black-tie gala dinner at La Residence Hotel in Franschhoek on 24 November 2018. The winning winemaker receives R50 000 and the Young Winemaker R25 000. Both winemakers also receive two return air tickets on Delta Airlines to any wine producing region in the USA.<\/p>\n dinersclub.co.za<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Twitter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|<\/strong>\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The finalists for the Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year\u00a02018 awards have been announced. Five winemakers have been shortlisted to compete for the prestigious Winemaker of the Year award, while six will vie for the Young Winemaker of the Year title. The history of the Winemaker of the Year award Diners Club introduced the Winemaker of the Year award in 1981 to encourage local winemakers to raise the standard of wines produced in South Africa. 17 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-64295","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\/64295","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year 2018 Finalists<\/h4>\n
\nArco Laarman \u2013 Laarman Cellar Services at Avondale Wines \u2013 2017 Chardonnay
\nCarl Van Der Merwe \u2013 DeMorgenzon \u2013 2017 Reserve Chardonnay
\nClayton Reabow \u2013 M\u00f4reson \u2013 2017 Mercator Chardonnay
\nMurray Barlow \u2013 Rustenberg Wines \u2013 2017 Five Soldiers Chardonnay
\nRonell Wiid \u2013 Bartinney Private Cellar \u2013 2017 Hourglass Chardonnay<\/p>\n![\"Winemaker](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Winemaker-of-the-year-1x6.jpg\")
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\nFront left to right: Carl Van Der Merwe (DeMorgenzon) and Murray Barlow (Rustenberg Wines).<\/p>\n
\nJuandr\u00e9 Bruwer \u2013 Diemersdal Estate \u2013 2017 Shiraz
\nPhilip Theron \u2013 Glen Carlou \u2013 2017 Merlot and 2017 Curator\u2019s Collection Malbec
\nPhilip Viljoen \u2013 Bon Courage Estate \u2013 2015 Inkara Cabernet Sauvignon
\nRudger Van Wyk \u2013 Stark-Cond\u00e9 Wines \u2013 2016 Stellenbosch Syrah<\/p>\n![\"Winemaker](\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Winemaker-of-the-year-1x6-1.jpg\")
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