Monday, 4 September, 2023
wine.co.za
Two of South Africa's most talented wine writers have secured a place on Jancis Robinson's Wine Writing Competition 2023 (WWC23) shortlist. Voting for your favourite of the 20 shortlisted written entries closes by 8h00 UK time on Monday, 11 September 2023.
The shortlisted authors are based in nine countries, from Singapore to South Africa and the Netherlands to Malaysia. Several are professional writers, both on wine and on other topics. Many are involved in the wine trade, as sommeliers, importers or educators. Quite a few, however, are neither professional writers nor directly involved in the wine industry: there's a marketing professor, an aspiring novelist, an IT analyst, a digital marketer at Nike, a farmer and two actors.
Regardless of their disparate countries of residence and occupations, what unites these writers is their love of wine and their wish to share stories of their favourite wine people.
The two South African wine writers are Joanne Gibson and Emile Joubert.
The article shortlist
- Benjamin Perus, by Sami-Jo Adelman
- Sarah Avery, by Richard Avery
- Auntie Yinka, by Farrah Berrou
- Jász Laci, by Athena Bochanis
- Leo Erazo, by Jimmy Boldt
- David Berkley, by Eric Brooks
- Sophie Evans, by Emily Campeau
- Jeanie Falconer, by Aiden Carroll
- Chris Gaither, by Rebecca Fineman
- Uncle Dieter, by Joanne Gibson
- Maureen Joubert, by Emile Joubert
- Rob Reynolds, by Erica Landis
- John Larkin, by Anna Larkin
- Paramdeep Ghumman, by Nimmi Malhotra
- Oz Clarke, by Iain Moss
- Edward Neather, by Andrew Neather
- Anna Malgam, by Paul Shanley
- Mick Nippard, by Emily Sivey
- Fabrice Parisot, by Nathalie Spielmann
- The Wine Student, by Melanie Webber
Visit jancisrobinson.com to read the shortlisted articles and vote for your favourite written and visual entries HERE!