The Veritas Vertex Award for the overall champion wine from among a record number of 1 491 entries for the Veritas Awards this year, was won by Domaine Des Dieux Chardonnay 2015 from Hemel and Aarde Ridge near Hermanus at the glittering Veritas gala dinner in the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Friday 11 October. This top trophy was awarded for the first time in 2017.