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Tuesday, 29 August, 2023

A Cabernet Sauvignon crowned as the country's best 2023 young wine

A Cabernet Sauvignon from Wellington Wines took the crown as overall SA Champion Wine of 2023 at the SA Young Wine Show.
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Friday, 28 July, 2023

SA Young Wine Champions of 2023 in the spotlight

At the judging of young wines as part of the SA Young Wine Show, more than 1 250 entries compete for trophies and medals.
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Wednesday, 31 May, 2023

Champion Young Wines of 2023 sought by the oldest wine show

Entries are now being awaited for the 2023 SA Young Wine Show, for which winemakers can enter in all the SA wine regions until 22 June and directly at the show office up to 7 July.
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Sunday, 28 August, 2022

A Shiraz wears the crown as SA’s best 2022 young wine

A wooded Shiraz from Diemersdal won the General Smuts Trophy as the overall SA Champion Young Wine of 2022.
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Wednesday, 24 August, 2022

South African Young Wine Show 2022 regional champions

SA Young Wine Show announces the regional champions of their annual competition for young wines made in the same year.
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Friday, 29 July, 2022

SA Young Wine Champions of 2022 on the spot this week

The pursuit to find the best young wines of the 2022 vintage is in full swing at the SA Young Wine Show judging this week.
SA Young Wine Show
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Friday, 10 June, 2022

Time for the young wines of 2022 to show their mettle at the oldest wine show

The deadline to enter for this year’s SA Young Wine Show is around the corner and winemakers have until 23 June to enter at all the South African wine regions and until 8 July directly at the Show’s office in Paarl.
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Tuesday, 31 August, 2021

A white wine blend triumphs as SA’s best young 2021 wine

A wooded white wine blend of Chardonnay and Colombar from Badsberg in the Breedekloof near Worcester, has won the prestigious General Smuts Trophy as overall SA Champion Young Wine for 2021, after also being awarded the trophy for the best South African white wine blend at the SA Young Wine Show.
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Wednesday, 18 August, 2021

SA Young Wine Show Regional Champions announced

For the first time in the history of the SA Young Wine Show, the organisers have – in collaboration with the various wine regions –decided to announce all the regional champion winners at the same time. The results follow below.
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Wednesday, 28 July, 2021

SA Young Wine Champions of 2021 judged this week

The search is on to find the best young wines of the 2021 vintage as more than 1,100 wines compete for trophies and gold, silver and bronze medals at the SA Young Wine Show judging at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week (26 - 30 July).
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Friday, 11 June, 2021

Time to enter the young stars in oldest wine show

The deadline for entries to this year’s SA Young Wine Show is on the doorstep, and set for 24 June in all the South African wine regions and 9 July at the Show’s office in Paarl.
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Friday, 2 October, 2020

The precious heritage of the SA Young Wine Show

The South African Young Wine Show was held for the first time in 1833 and it is probably one of the oldest wine competitions in the world and the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere. Started by the Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Society in that year, this show was held for the first time in the Company’s Garden in Cape Town.
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Wednesday, 30 September, 2020

A Ruby Cabernet crowned as SA’s best young wine

A wooded Ruby Cabernet from Badsberg in the Breedekloof near Worcester, clinched the coveted General Smuts Trophy as overall SA Champion Young Wine for 2020, after also being crowned as the best entry in the category Other Red Cultivar at this year’s SA Young Wine Show.
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Thursday, 3 September, 2020

Prospective SA Young Wine stars of 2020 line up

The prospective stars of the 2020 vintage are competing for trophies and gold, silver and bronze medals at the SA Young Wine Show judging at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week (31 Aug - 4 Sept).
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Friday, 21 August, 2020

SA Young Wine Show and Veritas lead with wine judging sanitation

The SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) has announced that they are the first organisers of wine competitions to be implementing world-leading sanitation systems to judge wines this year during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Monday, 3 August, 2020

Deadline to enter near for young stars in oldest wine show

The new deadline for entries to the SA Young Wine Show is on the doorstep, after being postponed in view of Covid-19 realities – now set for 12 August.
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Tuesday, 23 June, 2020

New dates for covid-safe Veritas and SA Young Wine Show Competitions

The organisers of the two oldest wine competitions in South Africa have announced that both their wine shows are going ahead, but are being postponed to later dates.
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Wednesday, 11 September, 2019

SA Young Wine Show stars sponsored for foreign visit

The SA Young Wine Show has received a major boost through a sponsorship of the winners of the two main trophies to visit Germany in November. This thanks to a new partnership between the competition organisers and Porex, a prominent Paarl-based supplier of machinery and oenology products to the wine industry.
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Thursday, 29 August, 2019

Flagstone Sauvignon Blanc crowned as Best SA Young Wine!

This year Flagstone’s un-wooded Sauvignon Blanc claimed the South African Young Wine Show’s coveted General Smuts Trophy as 2019’s Best SA Young Wine.
Flagstone
Tuesday, 27 August, 2019

Benguela Cove Wine Estate scoops handful of regional champions at Annual SA National Young Wine Show

With healthy vineyards, a special terroir, a cellar that encourages creativity and a passionate winemaking team, you are headed for success. Regarded asthe new kid on the block with a solid performance in 2018 and a proper warm up to their newly build cellar in 2017 - Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate did it again.
Benguela Cove
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Monday, 26 August, 2019

A Sauvignon Blanc crowned as best SA young wine

An un-wooded Sauvignon Blanc from Flagstone Wine Cellar in Somerset-West clinched the coveted General Smuts Trophy as overall SA Champion Young Wine for 2019, after also being crowned as the best entry in the Sauvignon Blanc category at this year’s SA Young Wine Show.
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Wednesday, 24 July, 2019

Prospective SA Young Wine Stars of 2019 line up

1 455 Prospective stars of the 2019 vintage are competing for trophies and medals at the SA Young Wine Show judging at Nederburg this week.
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Monday, 27 August, 2018

SA Young Wine Awards 2018 - Wooded Pinotage wins Gen Smuts Trophy

A wooded Pinotage from Wellington Wines was crowned as the winner of the coveted General Smuts Trophy for the overall SA Champion young wine 2018, at the gala dinner of the SA Young Wine Show tonight (Saturday 25 August). This winning wine from Wellington Wines also received the trophy for the SA Champion Pinotage at the show this year, as in 2017.
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Friday, 27 July, 2018

Spotlight on the SA Young Wine Stars of 2018

A total of 1 680 prospective stars of the 2018 vintage are competing for gold medals and trophies at the SA Young Wine Show judging at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week (23 - 27 July).
SA Young Wine Show
Wednesday, 20 June, 2018

Searching for South Africa’s very best young wines of 2018

It’s time again for the spotlight to fall on the country’s best young wines. We invite winemakers from all over the South African wine industry to enter their prospective winning wines from the 2018 harvest for the SA Young Wine Show. Entries close on 27 June at the regional wine show associations and on 6 July at the SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA).
SA Young Wine Show
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Monday, 28 August, 2017

Namaqua Wines walk away with the laurels

Namaqua Wines triumphed tonight (Friday, 25 August) at the 2017 SA Young Wine Awards and received five trophies. It was the 185th presentation of this Show, the oldest of its kind, and the 66th time that the coveted General Smuts Trophy was awarded to the overall winning wine of the year.
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Thursday, 27 July, 2017

SA Young Wine Stars of 2017 boast at Nederburg

A total of 1 783 prospective stars of the 2017 vintage are competing for gold medals and trophies at the SA Young Wine Show judging at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week (24 - 28 July). More than 120 experienced judges will taste on the various panels.
SA Young Wine Show
Monday, 29 May, 2017

New chairman for SA National Wine Show

The Board of the SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) elected a new Chairman at its AGM and Board meeting that were held in Paarl.
SA National Wine Show Association
Monday, 22 August, 2016

2016 SA Young Wine Awards: Badsberg Rules

Badsberg Wine Cellar stole the show at the 2016 SA Young Wine Awards on Saturday 20 August.
SA Young Wine Show
Friday, 29 July, 2016

Young wines and young judges strut their stuff at Nederburg

A total of 1 868 rising stars of the 2016 vintage are competing for top honours at the SA Young Wine Show judging at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week (25-29 July).
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Tuesday, 7 June, 2016

Winemakers, it’s show time!

Winemakers, it’s time to submit the rising stars of the 2016 harvest for the annual SA Young Wine Show. Entries close on 22 June at the regional wine show associations and on 07 July at the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA).
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