Tag: Wine of the Year

5 Stars for Vin de Constance at this years Platter’s Wine Guide

17 November, 2022

Our Vin de Constance 2018 has won 5 stars & ‘Sweet Wine of the Year’ at this year’s Platter’s by Diner’s Club Wine Guide.

Wines receiving the sought-after five-star rating in Platter’s went through a rigorous process of sighted and blind assessment by a team of experts. Bottlings that are judged to be “Superlative, a South African classic” are given the highest ranking of five stars, equal to 95 points or better on the 100-point rating scale. Of the 5 star wines, the top performers within each category are awarded ‘Wines of the Year’.

This 43rd edition of South Africa’s favourite wine guide features well over 900 producers, merchants and brands, including 37 new ones, and over 8,000 locally produced wines, as well as brandies, husk spirits and sherry-style wines.