{"id":97732,"date":"2022-11-21T10:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T10:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=97732"},"modified":"2022-11-21T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:24:35","slug":"2022-diners-club-winemaker-young-winemaker-of-the-year-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/2022-diners-club-winemaker-young-winemaker-of-the-year-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Diners Club Winemaker &#038; Young Winemaker of the Year Awards Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The winners of the 2022 Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year Awards have been announced. The a black-tie gala dinner was hosted at the Five Star Arabella Hotel &amp; Spa in Kleinmond on Saturday 19<span class=\"s1\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> November, with Conrad Vlok of Strandveld Wines, and Jerome van Rooi of Cederberg claiming top honours, respectively.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97737\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97737\" class=\"wp-image-97737 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x65.png\" alt=\"Winemakers of the Year Awards\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x65.png 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x65-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x65-940x611.png 940w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x65-222x144.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2022 Diners Club Young Winemaker &amp; Winemaker of the Year Awards with their winning wines.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The Awards<\/h4>\n<p>The Winemaker and Young Winemaker Awards, f<span class=\"s2\">ocusing on quality and recognition of excellence, are<\/span> regarded as one of the country\u2019s most prestigious and well-respected wine industry competitions. Celebrating the skills and talent of the vintners, these awards are open to all in the South African wine industry at no cost, thus affording all winemakers an equal opportunity. The Winemaker of the Year is in its 42nd year, while the Young Winemaker has been running for 22 years.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>2022 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Winner<\/h4>\n<p>This year\u2019s Diners Club Winemaker of the Year (Sauvignon Blanc), <strong>Conrad Vlok<\/strong>, delighted the judges with his 2021 <strong>Strandveld Poffaderbos Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong>. <em>(pictured below)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97738\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_conrad_vlok_stranveld_1x65.png\" alt=\"2022 Winemaker of the Year Winner\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_conrad_vlok_stranveld_1x65.png 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_conrad_vlok_stranveld_1x65-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_conrad_vlok_stranveld_1x65-940x564.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2022 Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year Winner<\/h4>\n<p>The 2022 Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year, <strong>Jerome van Rooi<\/strong>, won the Red Wines category for the 2020 <strong>Cederberg Five Generations Cabernet Sauvignon.<\/strong> <em>(pictured below)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_Jerome_van_Rooi_1x65.png\" alt=\"2022 Young Winemaker of the Year Awards\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_Jerome_van_Rooi_1x65.png 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_Jerome_van_Rooi_1x65-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_Jerome_van_Rooi_1x65-940x611.png 940w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_Jerome_van_Rooi_1x65-222x144.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p3\">The 2022 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Judging Process<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">The awards are presented to the winemakers who produce a wine, that the judging panel considers the best in a specified class. The categories for 2022 were Sauvignon Blanc for Winemaker of the Year, and Red Wines of any varietal or blend for Young Winemaker of the Year. The field was narrowed down to twelve finalists through rigorous judging by a panel of wine experts; with six winemakers shortlisted for the prestigious Winemaker of the Year award, and six for the Young Winemaker of the Year title.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li5\">Carrie Adams (Head Judge)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">Herv\u00e9 Delabesse<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">Fiona McDonald<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">Rudger van Wyk<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">Gregory Mutambe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>The 2022 Diner Club Winemaker of the Year Winners<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x6.png\" alt=\"Winemakers of the Year Awards\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x6.png 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x6-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022_winemakers_of_the_year_winners_1x6-940x564.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winning Winemaker receives R50 000, while the Young Winemaker is awarded R25 000 and a trip to an exciting wine producing destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><em>Congratulations to both winners on their wins!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dinersclub.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dinersclub.co.za<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DinersClubSA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dinersclubsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of the 2022 Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year Awards have been announced. The a black-tie gala dinner was hosted at the Five Star Arabella Hotel &amp; Spa in Kleinmond on Saturday 19th November, with Conrad Vlok of Strandveld Wines, and Jerome van Rooi of Cederberg claiming top honours, respectively.\u00a0 The Awards The Winemaker and Young Winemaker Awards, focusing on quality and recognition of excellence, are regarded as one of the country\u2019s most prestigious and [&hellip;]<\/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-97732","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\/97732","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=97732"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97780,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97732\/revisions\/97780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}