April 2, 2024
The Veritas Awards are proud to announce that the tasting of Veritas Double Gold winning wines from the 2023 competition will be held in London on […]
December 8, 2023
The country’s best new wine writer for 2023 is Margeaux Goosen, who has just completed a stint as winemaking assistant at a boutique winery in Baden, […]
October 23, 2023
The 2023 SA New Wine Writer of the Year Competition for writers 35 years old or younger, is now open to entries. This competition of the […]
October 20, 2023
The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 33rd Veritas Awards ceremony, known for many years as the Oscars […]
October 14, 2023
Exciting highlights were reached at the stylish 33rd Veritas Awards, featuring another record number of medals to both well-known brands and novices, while the Duimpie Bayly […]
October 4, 2023
Wine enthusiasts can look forward to experiencing the star-studded Veritas Double Gold and Gold Medal winning wines and brandies of the 2023 Awards at a series […]
September 26, 2023
The finest palates of international and local judges will evaluate this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards – for many years seen as a highly important […]
November 24, 2022
The Veritas Vertex Award, named after wine industry legend Duimpie Bayly, crowns the overall winner at Veritas, the country’s longest running and most prestigious wine competition. […]
October 13, 2022
Veritas Living Legends Awards 2022 The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 32nd Veritas Awards ceremony, known for […]
October 8, 2022
Exciting highlights were reached at the stylish 32nd Veritas Awards, featuring another record number of medals to well-known brands, as well as novices, while the top […]
September 14, 2022
All eyes will be on Nederburg this week, as some of the finest South African judges will meet to evaluate this year’s entries for the Veritas […]
July 26, 2022
This year’s Veritas Awards entries are just around the corner, after a return to the normal dates for wine shows with the suspension of the Covid-19 […]
July 5, 2022
Two tastings of Veritas Double Gold winning wines are to be held in London and Hong Kong again this year after an absence of three years […]
February 2, 2022
The new year starts off with great news for wine lovers. The extremely popular Veritas wine tastings for the public to experience the Double Gold and […]
December 7, 2021
The organiser of the new format SA Wine Writer of the Year Competition, the SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) has announced this year’s results, stating […]
November 29, 2021
This wine strikes the balance between drinkability and age-worthiness, arguably one of the toughest achievements in winemaking – winemaker Johan Jordaan. In a South African wine […]
November 6, 2021
Spier Wines walked away with the top trophy at the 2021 Veritas Awards for its 2018 Spier Creative Block 5, a Bordeaux-style blend – where a […]
October 14, 2021
Entries are open for the 2021 SA Wine Writer of the Year – for writers 35 years old or younger. The competition of the South African […]
September 14, 2021
Some of South Africa’s most experienced palates are at Nederburg in Paarl this week to judge this year’s entries for the Veritas Awards. It is seen […]
August 13, 2021
The SA National Wine Show (SANWS), proud presenters of the Veritas Awards, has announced that the Award for the overall Champion Wine of the competition, the […]
July 22, 2021
The 2021 Veritas Awards has taken wine competition entry to new heights with the introduction of fully digital wine and brandy participation without any paperwork. This […]
January 27, 2021
Veritas has pleasure to announce that Joe Wadsack, senior international judge at Veritas for many years, will be hosting a South African Brandy tasting with internationally […]
December 9, 2020
Burgeoning young wine writer Kristen Duff from Cape Town has clinched the coveted Veritas Young Wine Writer title for 2020. Duff, who heads up online communications […]
December 4, 2020
The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from almost 1 300 entries for Veritas this year, was won by KWV The Mentors Orchestra 2018, […]
November 14, 2020
Excellent Veritas results concludes challenging wine year on a high The Veritas Awards results announced today to spontaneous applause, reflected the mood of winemakers, viticulturists, marketers […]
November 4, 2020
Those coveted Veritas Gold and Double Gold medal winning wines and brandies will now be available for easy ordering and delivery on your doorstep thanks to […]
October 13, 2020
This week sees one of the highlights of wine and brandy judging on the South African wine industry calendar when some South Africa’s most experienced palates […]
October 13, 2020
Entries are now open for the 2020 Veritas Young Wine Writers Competition of the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA), which aims to identify exciting […]
August 17, 2020
The entries for this year’s Veritas Awards are around the corner, following the earlier announcement that the dates were being moved because of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
June 23, 2020
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 […]
October 12, 2019
The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from among a record number of 1 491 entries for the Veritas Awards this year, was won by […]
October 3, 2019
Wine enthusiasts can get themselves ready to experience the star-studded Veritas double gold and gold medal winning wines and brandies at a series of tastings that […]
December 6, 2017
Burgeoning young wine writer Gosia Podgorska, originally from Poland but today a local wine marketing specialist, has clinched the coveted Veritas Young Wine Writer title for […]
October 13, 2017
The practice of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders once again took place at this year’s 27th Veritas Awards ceremony at the CTICC on Friday […]
October 7, 2017
The new Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from 1 638 entries for the Veritas Awards 2017, stole the show among a record number of […]
September 28, 2017
Entries are now open for the 2017 Veritas Young Wine Writers Competition. This contest, presented by the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA), aims to […]
September 8, 2017
Some of the world’s best judges are meeting at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week to look for the best wines and brandies to […]
May 18, 2017
NEW CHAIRMAN FOR SA NATIONAL WINE SHOW The Board of the SA National Wine […]
December 12, 2016
Budding young wine writer, Tshephang Molisana, walked away with the prestigious Veritas Young Wine Writer title for 2016 Tshepang, a freelance writer for wine.co.za and former […]
October 8, 2016
Distell stole the show at the 2016 Veritas Awards, South Africa’s foremost wine and brandy competition, tonight (Friday 07 October). The mega-producer’s winning wines reaped 2 […]
October 3, 2016
Entries are now open for the 2016 Veritas Young Wine Writers Competition. This contest, presented by the South African National Wine Show Association (SANWSA), aims to […]
September 6, 2016
Some of the world’s finest palates are gathered at the Nederburg Auction Complex in Paarl this week to judge the 1 670 contenders for Veritas fame. […]
November 10, 2023
Exactly ten years after the establishment of the wine estate Benguela Cove near Hermanus, it now triumphed by taking the standout Vertex award among 1 247 selected […]