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Cape Town - Tim James, South African wine writer and associate editor of the Platter Wine Guide repeated his achievement last year by winning the 2014 Du Toitskloof South African Wine Writer Award which is held annually in association with Standard Bank.
To tie into Cape Town’s status as World Design Capital for 2014, entrants had to submit original unpublished pieces of between 1 500 and 2 000 discussing the role the local wine culture has played in contributing towards the values and aesthetics of design in the Western Cape.
James, from Kenilworth in Cape Town, scooped the winner’s cheque of R30 000 with a piece entitled “Getting the Mountains into (and onto) the Bottle” narrating the role the mountains of the Cape winelands play in hosting the vineyards and creating of the regions wines right through to the packaging of the finished product.
The four other entrants of the Du Toitskloof SA Wine Writer of the Year, in association with Standard Bank, were Ricardo Gouveia, Melvyn Minnaar, Tshepang Molisina and Joanne Gibson.
The judging was done anonymously and the results audited by PWC.
To tie into Cape Town’s status as World Design Capital for 2014, entrants had to submit original unpublished pieces of between 1 500 and 2 000 discussing the role the local wine culture has played in contributing towards the values and aesthetics of design in the Western Cape.
James, from Kenilworth in Cape Town, scooped the winner’s cheque of R30 000 with a piece entitled “Getting the Mountains into (and onto) the Bottle” narrating the role the mountains of the Cape winelands play in hosting the vineyards and creating of the regions wines right through to the packaging of the finished product.
The four other entrants of the Du Toitskloof SA Wine Writer of the Year, in association with Standard Bank, were Ricardo Gouveia, Melvyn Minnaar, Tshepang Molisina and Joanne Gibson.
The judging was done anonymously and the results audited by PWC.
