PLATTER WINS WORLD'S BEST WINE GUIDE By Peter May for WineNews
Sep 7, 2007, 10:59
South Africa's "John Platter Wine Guide" was this week recognised as the world's best.
Editor Philip van Zyl was in London to accept the Champagne Louis Roederer International Wine Writers 'Domaines Ott' Award for best Annual Wine Guide 2007.
Philip told me that while he was delighted and thrilled to win the award, he accepted it on behalf of a dedicated team that has been working hard tasting and rating some 6,000 wines in order to produce the guide.
Louis Roederer Champagne flowed in the heart of London's theatre land as we celebrated the win. All, that is, except one man. Philip van Zyl declined his place at the award winner's dinner in order to make last minute checks of the 2008 Guide. He was in London for this one night only - tomorrow he flies to Singapore with the manuscript of the guide and will spend the following week closeted with the printers and checking proofs. More...
JOHN PLATTER FIVE-STAR WINES FOR 2008 By John Platter SA Wine Guide
Aug 23, 2007, 14:20
The John Platter Wine Guide, SA’s leading wine annual since 1980, has announced 21 five-star wines to be featured in the upcoming 2008 edition. Given the enormous number of ranges and individual products tasted, the wines which merit a five-star rating make up a very select group indeed.
The Guide, which strives to rate, as far as is practically possible, all of the wines that are available for the duration of the particular edition, locally as well as abroad, tasted and assessed nearly 6,000 individual wines over several months. More...
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John Platter South African Wine Guide 2008
The John Platter South African Wine Guide is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative chronicle of who's who and what's what in South African wine country. It packs everything you need to know about the South African wine scene into an informative and entertaining pocket book. The guide's annual editions introduce hundreds of new wines, cellars and directions, as well as culinary, recreational and touristic hotspots throughout the Cape winelands.
