For the second successive year a wooded Cabernet Sauvignon – this time from Diemersdal Estate in Durbanville – excelled by clinching the prestigious General Smuts Trophy Trophy as overall SA Champion Young Wine of 2024, after also being named as the country’s Best Cabernet Sauvignon (wooded) at the SA Young Wine Show. Diemersdal Estate has also won the General Smuts Trophy twice before, in 2013 with a Sauvignon Blanc and in 2022 with a wooded Shiraz. The General Smuts Trophy has been awarded annually since 1952. Perdeberg Wines bagged the Pietman Hugo Trophy for the winery achieving the most points with its five best entries – this being the first time that Perdeberg wins this trophy. Perdeberg excelled by winning no less than four National Trophies, also as the only cellar winning more than one National Trophy, namely the Perdeberg Chenin Blanc (wooded), Perdeberg Viognier (wooded – other white cultivar), Perdeberg Natural Sweet White Wine and Perdeberg Malbec (wooded – other red cultivar). This annual show for wines from the current vintage year is presented by the SA National Wine Show Association (SANWSA) in collaboration with Agri-Expo. Click HERE to read more.