It’s a Diners Club wine day today, with the announcement of the 2014 Winemaker of the Year Finalist, as well as the Diners Club Platter’s Guide launch a little later today.
The Finalists for 2014 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year, in the category of Dry White Wine Blends, are:
* Jacques Erasmus from Spier, for his Spier Creative Block 2 2013 and 2014
* Alicia Rechner from Backsberg
* Alvi van der Merwe from Alvi’s Drift Private Cellar, nominated for his AD CVC 2011 and 2012
* Bryan MacRobert from The Hughes Family Wine.
The winner of the 34th Diners Club Winemaker of the Year will be announced at La Residence on 15 November, and receives two return tickets to the USA plus R50000 spending money.
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: click here
Have the Young Winemaker of the Year finalists also been announced? Would be interesting to see who the young guns are
The ‘young guns’ will be announced on Friday Helgard.