{"id":10800,"date":"2017-02-02T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=10800"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:55:41","slug":"wellingtons-imbuko-wines-wins-award-for-best-value-producer-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2017\/02\/wellingtons-imbuko-wines-wins-award-for-best-value-producer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington’s Imbuko Wines wins award for Best Value Producer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMBUKO of Wellington has been judged Best Value Producer in Getaway magazine's 2017 ‘Best Value Wines' Guide, with three Imbuko<\/a><\/strong><\/span> bottlings among the 14 winners of a competition culminating in Value Awards for South African wines selling at no more than R80 pb. Those offering ‘best bang for your buck' were mainly from Wellington, Worcester and the Breedekloof wards of Rawsonville and Slanghoek Valley, with the 250 entries assessed according to both a 5 Star rating system and a 10-point value scale \u2013 full results and overview in the February 2017 issue of Getaway as well as\u00a0online<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

PANEL OF JUDGES: freelance wine writer and specialist wine tour guide Fiona McDonald (chair), Cape Wine Masters Winnie Bowman and Sandy Harper, Aslina winemaker Ntsiki Biyela, Zonnebloem red wine maker Praisy Dlamini, wine tour operator and wine educationist Karen Glanfield.<\/p>\n

GETAWAY MAGAZINE'S\u00a0BEST VALUE WINES 2017<\/h4>\n

WHITE WINE VALUE AWARD WINNERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R28<\/strong> \u2013 Aan de Doorns R43 Crisp White 2016<\/strong> (Blend, Worcester Cellar)
\nR28<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Aan de Doorns R43 Fruity White 2016<\/strong> (Colombar, Worcester)
\nR36<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Wellington Wines Chenin Blanc 2016<\/strong> (Wellington Cellar)
\nR43<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Slanghoek Private Selection Chardonnay 2016<\/strong> (Breedekloof Cellar)
\nR45<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ken Forrester Petit Sauvignon Blanc 2016<\/strong> (Somerset West Cellar, Helderberg)<\/p>\n

RED WINE VALUE AWARD WINNERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R25<\/strong> \u2013 Shortwood Red Wine NV<\/strong> (Blend, Imbuko Cellar, Wellington)
\nR34<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Du Preez Rockfield Cabernet Sauvignon 2015<\/strong> (Rawsonville Cellar, Breedekloof)
\nR38<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Imbuko Merlot 2014<\/strong> (Wellington Cellar)
\nR45<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Aan de Doorns Shiraz 2015<\/strong> (Worcester Cellar)
\nR50<\/strong> \u2013 Balance Winemaker's Selection Pinot Noir 2015<\/strong> (Overhex Cellar, Worcester)
\nR50<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Van Zijl Coffee Pinotage 2015<\/strong> (Imbuko Cellar, Wellington)<\/p>\n

SPARKLING WINE VALUE AWARD WINNER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R45<\/strong> \u2013 Meander Moscato Pink NV<\/strong> (uniWines Cellar, Rawsonville, Breedekloof)<\/p>\n

ROS\u00c9 WINE VALUE AWARD WINNER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R25<\/strong> \u2013 Unbelievable Sweet Ros\u00e9 NV<\/strong> (Mt Vernon Cellar, Paarl)<\/p>\n

FORTIFIED DESSERT WINE VALUE AWARD WINNER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

R49<\/strong> \u2013 Montagu Winery Red Muscadel 2016<\/strong> (Cellar in Montagu, Klein Karoo)<\/p>\n

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IMBUKO of Wellington has been judged Best Value Producer in Getaway magazine’s 2017 ‘Best Value Wines’ Guide, with three Imbuko bottlings among the 14 winners of a competition culminating in Value Awards for South African wines selling at no more than R80 pb. Those offering ‘best bang for your buck’ were mainly from Wellington, Worcester and the Breedekloof wards of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2407,1827,1825],"tags":[2408,2415,2418,765,816,2414,1061,2419,2423,2422,846,2417,849,2416,1702,1044,2421,2420,815,774],"class_list":["post-10800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2407","category-best-value-wine-guide","category-wine-ratings","tag-2408","tag-aan-de-doorns","tag-balance","tag-best-value","tag-du-preez","tag-imbuko","tag-ken-forrester","tag-meander","tag-montagu","tag-mt-vernon","tag-overhex","tag-rockfield","tag-sa","tag-shortwood","tag-slanghoek","tag-south-africa","tag-unbelievable","tag-uniwines","tag-wellington","tag-wine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t