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Smaller volumes underpin exclusivity of 2013 Nederburg Auction
Expect smaller pockets of excellence this year, says a new-look Nederburg Auction panel of judges following a selection tasting involving a rigorous two days of scoring over 300 wines for the 2013 auction. This..
How to select a collection of stellar wines without seeing a thing
So you’re standing in front of approximately 300 wines and need to assist a highly qualified and experienced judging panel in selecting the absolute best of the lot, to be showcased at a fine wine auction..
Thousands of rare, old wines explored in the heart of Stellenbosch
Last week a group of local and international wine experts, including Wineanorak.com’s Jamie Goode, UK-based Master of Wine Greg Sherwood, sommelier Jörg Pfützner, and wine writers Christian Eedes and..
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Showcasing Authenticity
Posted on May 16th, 2013 | Comments OffThe 2013 Nederburg Auction is adding another facet to its already world-renowned benchmark pursuit of unique character, quality and style. This year, the Auction is also actively pursuing greater authenticity in both the user experience and origin of wines on offer. “We have chosen to focus on the theme word ‘authenticity’ for 2013, not only as a means to highlight the auction’s renewed focus on quality, but also to bring South Africa’s Wine of Origin legislation back into the spotlight, alongside the auction’s..
Smaller volumes underpin exclusivity of 2013 Nederburg Auction
Posted on May 3rd, 2013 | No CommentsExpect smaller pockets of excellence this year, says a new-look Nederburg Auction panel of judges following a selection tasting involving a rigorous two days of scoring over 300 wines for the 2013 auction. This year, the ten-member strong panel of local and international judges chose a significantly smaller collection of 134 original, distinctive South African wines to be auctioned at the 39th Nederburg Auction at Nederburg in Paarl on Friday and Saturday, 6 & 7 September. The selection panel’s..
How to select a collection of stellar wines without seeing a thing
Posted on May 3rd, 2013 | No CommentsSo you’re standing in front of approximately 300 wines and need to assist a highly qualified and experienced judging panel in selecting the absolute best of the lot, to be showcased at a fine wine auction later in the year. Not only that – all of these wines need to be tasted blind, scored out of 20, and then audited in order to ensure a fair, final result. How do you go about this whole process? Sommelier Higgo Jacobs has first-hand experience in organising a selection process like this. As the head of the team..
Thousands of rare, old wines explored in the heart of Stellenbosch
Posted on May 3rd, 2013 | No CommentsLast week a group of local and international wine experts, including Wineanorak.com’s Jamie Goode, UK-based Master of Wine Greg Sherwood, sommelier Jörg Pfützner, and wine writers Christian Eedes and Fional McDonald, had the privilege to discover approximately 14 000 rare, old, local and international wines, some dating back as far as the 1940s, housed inside Distell’s exclusive underground wine library, called the Tabernacle. This veritable treasure trove of old wine gems collectively bear testimony to both the..
Search for SA’s icon wines begins
Posted on May 3rd, 2013 | No CommentsA stellar panel of local and international wine judges will put their palates through their paces on 14th and 15th March at a blind wine tasting, the outcome of which will determine the 2013 Nederburg Auction fine wine collection. With online submissions already open to the wine industry’s premier wine platform, the Auction committee is inviting all local wine producers to reach into the backs of their cellars and submit those rare, exclusive..
