Thursday, 14 October, 2004
Winecorp
Veritas is South Africa's largest wine competition, in terms of the number of wines submitted. Of 1,567 entries this year, 47 Double Gold Medals were awarded, with only four allocated to merlots. In addition to top honours, Winecorp scooped five Gold Medals, with the overwhelming majority awarded to its Longridge range, including the 2002 and 2003 Chardonnays, 2002 Merlot, and 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon; and to the Savanha Reserve Shiraz 2003. The Winecorp stable also claimed 11 Silver and 21 Bronze Medals.
These are the latest in a string of awards won by Winecorp this year, with more than 60 medals claimed at prominent local and international competitions, including:
The General Smuts Trophy at the SA Young Wine Show for the Spier Shiraz,
The Grand d'Or Double Gold at the Michelangelo International Wine Awards for the Spier Private Collection Merlot 2002,
Two Gold Medals at the International Wine Challenge in the United Kingdom for the Spier Private Collection Pinotage 2001 and 2002,
Five Gold Medals at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles for Longridge and Spier wines, and
A Gold Medal at Chardonnay du Monde in France for the Longridge Chardonnay 2002, attaining second place in the competition overall.
Prepared for Winecorp by:
Posy & Jeremy Hazell
PR & Wine Consultants
Tel 021 851 1563
Cell 082 557 2968
E-mail hazell@wine.co.za
Winecorp
Contact: Linda-Louise Roosenschoon
Tel 021 881 3690
Cell 082 820 3349
E-mail linda@winecorp.co.za