The Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards is one of the big wine competitions in South Africa with a few thousand entries. I was part of the jury, the people tasting and judging the wines, in 2022. Over the five days of tastings “my” tasting panel (one of several) tasted almost three hundred wines.
We tasted a wide range but focussed on pinot noir, syrah and sparkling wines. It gave me an excellent opportunity to get an overall impression of the wine styles of these categories in South Africa. Here’s what you can expect from them and a pick of some of the best that we tasted.
Including a short reflection on wine competitions.
Read more in Per’s article on BKWine Magazine, originally published on Forbes: Style and drinking guide to South African syrah, pinot noir and sparkling wine | Per on Forbes.
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