ABOUT THE WINEMAG.CO.ZA TASTING PROGRAMME 2023
Winemag.co.za is set to produce a series of category reports over the course of the year with multinational financial services company Prescient as sponsor. Each report will be based on the outcome of a blind tasting of wines entered within a specific category.
A report includes key findings, tasting notes for the top wines, buyer's guide and scores on the 100-point quality score for all wines entered. Upon release, producers can purchase both Top 10 and regular rating stickers - consumers are encouraged to look out for these in the retail environment.
JUDGING PROCEDURES
The judging panel was chaired by me and further consisted of two trusted colleagues, namely wine writer Malu Lambert and Ndaba Dude, Food and Beverage Operations Manager at the President Hotel.
We tasted blind, labels out of sight. Rating were done according to the 100-point system, final scores awarded on the basis of discussion that involved retesting where necessary rather than relying solely on arithmetic averaging.
Christian Eedes
Editor, Winemag.co.za