{"id":73036,"date":"2019-10-03T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=73036"},"modified":"2019-10-04T11:35:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:35:24","slug":"the-sommeliers-selection-2019-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/the-sommeliers-selection-2019-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sommeliers Selection 2019 Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sommeliers Selection 2019 winning wines have been announced in a year in which the popular wine tasting event will take place in KwaZulu Natal for the first time, along with Gauteng and the Western Cape where it has been successfully held for the past four years.<\/p>\n

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The Sommeliers Selection is the only South African wine competition judged solely by a panel of South Africa\u2019s top sommeliers, in categories fashioned around the perfect varietals for both a restaurant wine menu and to accompany food.<\/p>\n

The Selection<\/h4>\n

This year more than 400 wines from the country’s top wine estates were entered into the contest. Winning wine, beer and gin come from more than 60 farms.<\/p>\n

With some stand-out wines including the Glen Carlou Chardonnay 2018, Plaisir de Merle Grand Plaisir 2014, Idiom Bordeaux Blend 2015, Villiera Wines Tradition Brut NV, Peter Falke Wines M\u00e9thode Cap Classique 2013 and, in the craft beer category, the Cape Brewing Company’s Mandarina Bavaria IPA.<\/p>\n

These – and many more – can be sampled at the tasting evenings to be held in October in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.<\/p>\n

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Says Darielle Robertson from The Sommeliers Selection: \u201cOur panel of sommeliers blind taste individually, before discussing the wines and deciding if they fulfil the criteria of being placed on the Sommeliers Selection \u2018ultimate\u2019 wine list. With categories such as Fresh & Crunchy White or Voluptuous & Rich Red, wines of different varieties, blends, and pricing, but stylistically similar, can stand alongside each other and restaurant patrons can choose a wine that suits their palate and their pocket.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Judges<\/h4>\n

Judges for this year’s competition were Joakim Hansi Blackadder, head of the wine program for The Hoghouse Brewing Company and board member of both Somm Hospitality Enterprises and SA Sommelier Association. Wikus Human, head sommelier at Marble restaurant and the 2017 Best Young Sommelier in South Africa award winner.<\/p>\n

\"Darielle<\/div>
\"Chantelle<\/div><\/div>\n

Other judges included Tinashe Nyamudoka, head sommelier at The Test Kitchen who has represented Zimbabwe at the World Blind Tasting Championships and is a board member of the South African Sommelier Association and the Black Cellar Club; Chantelle Gous who works with the Singita Premierwine Direct team; Wayve Kolevsohn, head sommelier at The Test Kitchen in Cape Town; Esm\u00e9 Groenewald, administrator for the SA Sommelier Association and board member of Somm Hospitality Enterprises; Barry Scholfield, board member of the SA Sommelier Association and Somm Hospitality Enterprises.<\/p>\n

\"Tongai<\/div>
\"Wikus<\/div><\/div>\n

The Sommeliers Selection tastings take place in October at:<\/h4>\n

JOHANNESBURG<\/h4>\n

Venue:<\/strong> Pool Deck, Tsogo Sun Hyde Park
\nDate: <\/strong>Wednesday, 16 October
\nTimes: <\/strong>16h00-18h00 (trade only)<\/p>\n

18h00 – public admitted
\n21h00 – doors close<\/p>\n

Tickets:<\/strong> R100pp or R175 for two (no persons under 18 permitted)
\nYou can book tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DURBAN<\/h4>\n

Venue:<\/strong> The Beverly Hills Hotel, Umhlanga
\nDate:<\/strong> Thursday, 31 October
\nTimes: <\/strong>16h00-18h00 (trade only)<\/p>\n

18h00 – public admitted
\n21h00 – doors close<\/p>\n

Tickets:<\/strong> R100pp or R175 for two (no persons under 18 permitted)
\nYou can book tickets here.<\/a><\/p>\n

WESTERN CAPE<\/h4>\n

Venue:<\/strong> Roca Restaurant, Franschhoek
\nDate:<\/strong> Wednesday, 9 October
\nTimes:<\/strong> 11h00-13h00 (trade only)<\/p>\n

11h30 – public admitted
\n13h00 – doors close<\/p>\n

Tickets:<\/strong> R100pp or R175 for two (no persons under 18 permitted)
\nYou can book tickets here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Sommeliers Selection 2019 winning wines have been announced in a year in which the popular wine tasting event will take place in KwaZulu Natal for the first time, along with Gauteng and the Western Cape where it has been successfully held for the past four years. The Sommeliers Selection is the only South African wine competition judged solely by a panel of South Africa\u2019s top sommeliers, in categories fashioned around the perfect varietals for both a restaurant wine menu […]<\/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-73036","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\/73036","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=73036"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73290,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73036\/revisions\/73290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}