"Rule-breaking", "trailblazing", "daring", "superb" and "exciting" are the adjectives increasingly linked to South African wines. Influential critics and sommeliers are currently singling out the country as the source of what they consider the world's most original and captivating wines, many of which will come under the spotlight at next year's industry showcase, Cape Wine 2015.
Hosted by Wines of South Africa, the three-day event is being sponsored for the first time by the world’s leading express logistics company, DHL Express. It will take place at the start of the Southern Hemisphere's 2015 spring season, running from September 15 to 17 in Cape Town at the city's International Convention Centre.
Wines of South Africa’s chief operating officer Siobhan Thompson said DHL's backing of Cape Wine would take the event to an exciting new level, reflecting the dynamism of the industry. "Delegates will have the opportunity to experience the range and depth of South Africa's vinous dexterity, strengthened by new approaches to wine-growing and winemaking that have resulted in bold, unique and unmistakably local wines. As Tim Atkin MW remarked in his South Africa 2014 Special Report: 'There’s never been a better time to write about, taste or buy South African wine.' "
She said Cape Wine 2015, now staged as a triennial exhibition for international wine buyers and industry observers, would give visitors a taste of the broad stylistic and price spectrum of wines currently being produced. "They will also have a chance to engage with winemakers and attend a series of seminars highlighting key current trends in South African wine."
Hennie Heymans, managing director, for DHL Express South Africa said, “Our role is to 'deliver' Cape Wine to the international wine community through this sponsorship. We see our support as part of a long-term partnership with South Africa's thriving wine industry, increasingly acknowledged for excellence around the world. Ours is a close and symbiotic relationship that continues to strengthen as the country's wine producers expand their global footprint."
Many of the exhibitors will also be arranging satellite tastings, dinners, wine experiences and other events of their own for trade and media delegates attending.
Programme details will be announced early next year but for preliminary information you can visit www.capewine2015.com.
Stay up-to-date via: Facebook: Cape Wine 2015 and Twitter: @CapeWine2015
DATE NOVEMBER 25, 2014
ISSUED BY DKC (DE KOCK COMMUNICATIONS)
ON BEHALF OF WOSA
QUERIES SIOBHAN THOMPSON, CEO, WOSA, (021) 8833 820 or 082 828 0348
ANDRÉ MORGENTHAL, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, WOSA (021) 8833860, 082 658 3883
TESSA DE KOCK, DKC (021) 422 2690
WOSA STAL SA SE BESTE UIT VIR ’N WÊRELDGEHOOR BY CAPE WINE IN VENNOOTSKAP MET DHL EXPRESS
"Jukskeibrekend ", "vernuwend", "gewaagd", "manjifiek" en "opwindend" is van die byvoeglike naamwoorde wat toenemend gebruik word om Suid-Afrikaanse wyne te beskryf. Invloedryke kritici en sommeliers sonder tans die land uit as die bron van wat hulle as die wêreld se mees oorspronklike en boeiende wyne beskryf. Baie van hierdie wyne sal volgende jaar by Cape Wine 2015, die bedryf se vertoonkas, in die kalklig kom.
Die driedaagse geleentheid, wat deur Wines of South Africa (WOSA) gereël word, word vir die eerste keer deur DHL Express, die wêreld se voorste sneldiens-logistiekmaatskappy, geborg. Dit vind volgende jaar plaas aan die begin van die Suidelike Halfrond se lenteseisoen en wel van 15 tot 17 September in die Kaapstadse Internasionale Konferensiesentrum.
Siobhan Thompson, WOSA se uitvoerende hoof, het gesê DHL se ondersteuning sal die geleentheid voer tot ? opwindende nuwe vlak wat die dinamiek van die bedryf weerspieël. "Afgevaardigdes sal die geleentheid hê om die omvang en diepte van die Suid-Afrikaanse bedryf se behendigheid met die druif te ervaar, ondersteun deur nuwe benaderings tot wynverbouing en wynmaak wat gelei het tot wyne wat fors, unieke en onmiskenbaar van plaaslike oorsprong is. Soos Tim Atkin MW opmerk in sy South Africa 2014 Special Report: 'Daar was nog nooit ? beter tyd om te skryf oor Suid-Afrikaanse wyn, om dit te proe of te koop nie.'"
Sy het gesê Cape Wine 2015, wat nou elke drie jaar vir internasionale wynkopers en -kommentators gehou word, sal besoekers ? insig gee in die breë styl- en prysspektrum van wyne wat tans geproduseer word. "Hulle sal ook die geleentheid hê om met wynmakers gesprek te voer en ? reeks seminare oor die huidige sleuteltendense in Suid-Afrikaanse wyn by te woon."
Hennie Heymans, besturende direkteur van DHL Express Suid-Afrika, het gesê: "Ons rol is om deur hierdie borgskap Suid-Afrikaanse wyn na die voordeur van die internasionale wyngemeenskap te bring. Ons sien ons ondersteuning as deel van ? langtermyn-vennootskap met Suid-Afrika se florerende wynbedryf wat toenemend wêreldwyd vir sy voortreflikheid geloof word. Ons geniet ? noue en simbiotiese verhouding wat al sterker word soos Suid-Afrikaanse wynprodusente hul teenwoordigheid wêreldwyd uitbrei. "
Baie van die uitstallers sal ook hul eie satellietproeë, etes, wynervarings en ander geleenthede reël vir handels- en media-afgevaardigdes wat die geleentheid bywoon.
Programbesonderhede sal vroeg volgende jaar bekend gemaak word. Besoek www.capewine2015.com vir voorlopige inligting.
Bly op die hoogte via: Facebook: Cape Wine 2015 en Twitter: @CapeWine2015
DATUM 25 NOVEMBER 2014
UITGEREIK DEUR DKC (DE KOCK KOMMUNIKASIE)
NAMENS WOSA
NAVRAE SIOBHAN THOMPSON, UITVOERENDE HOOF, WOSA 021 883 3820 of 082 828 0348
ANDRÉ MORGENTHAL, KOMMUNIKASIEBESTUURDER, WOSA (021) 8833860 of 082 658 3883
TESSA DE KOCK DKC (021) 422 2690