Calling All Winemakers: Enter Sauvignon Blanc South Africa’s FNB Top 10 Competition
Calling All Winemakers: Enter Sauvignon Blanc South Africa’s FNB Top 10 Competition. While South African Sauvignon Blanc performs excellently locally and internationally, producers can now show their mettle in Sauvignon Blanc South Africa’s annual FNB Top 10 competition. Entries open Monday 15 July 2024 for this exclusive competition which is presented for the 18th time by the cultivar group Sauvignon Blanc SA in partnership with valued title partner FNB and platinum partner Ever SA.
A distinguished panel of leading wine experts, led by the Cape Wine Master Dr Winifred Bowman, will convene from Tuesday 27 August to Thursday 29 August 2024 at Uitkyk Estate in Stellenbosch to identify the country’s best Sauvignon Blanc wines. Joining Dr Bowman on the panel are Johann Fourie, head winemaker of Benguela Cove; winemaker Morgan Steyn of De Grendel; Mahalia Kotjane, owner-winemaker of Three Quarter Wines; Dr Carien Coetzee, oenologist from Basic Wine; as well as two protégés, Nompumelelo Mosaka of Hartenberg Wine Estate and Lulo Palesa of Neil Ellis Wines.
Dr Coetzee, a committee member of Sauvignon Blanc SA, has high expectations. “Every year, the FNB Top 10 represents great variety in style and origin, and this year we are particularly looking forward to innovative wooded and unwooded styles as well as interesting flavour profiles,” says Coetzee. Twenty finalists will be announced in September, after which the ten winners will be revealed in October at the prestigious FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 awards event.
How to enter
- Producers can enter online at https://sauvignonblanc.com/top10-entry/.
- The entry fee per wine is R1500 for members and R2000 for non-members.
- The deadline for entries is Tuesday 13 August 2024, with late entries at an increased fee, accepted until Tuesday 20 August 2024.
