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The eagerly awaited 2024 edition of South Africa's original wine adviser, Platter's, is here.

The 2024 edition of Platter's by Diners Club South African Wine Guide has a rich, luxurious cover colour that evokes the unique pleasure of drinking truly fine wine.

The 44th edition of this best-selling guide features well over 900 producers, merchants and brands, including 31 new ones, and over 8,000 locally produced wines, as well as brandies, husk spirits and sherry-style wines.

In its best showing in the 44-year history of South Africa's iconic Platter's Wine Guide, Diemersdal Estate secured 6 five-star ratings in the 2024 Guide.

Besides achieving six of this all-encompassing South African guide's top five-star accolades, Diemersdal's The Journal Sauvignon Blanc 2022 was named Platter's Sauvignon Blanc of the Year for the top-scoring wine in that category as judged by the team of esteemed wine critics who annually scrutinise the entries.

Over 8 000 South African wines, brandies and husk-spirits were judged for the 2024 Platter's Guide.

Delaire Graff Estate Terraced Block 2022

A truly exceptional accolade, the Delaire Graff Estate Terraced Block Reserve 2022 has been named Chardonnay of the Year by Platter’s – a highly-respected guide to South Africa’s wines and estates.

Classically crafted by Winemaker Morné Vrey, it features grapes from just one single vineyard block on the Estate. The result is a rarefied chardonnay as complex and diverse as the site from where it originates.

L’Avenir Single Block 2020 recognised as South Africa’s best Pinotage

The 2020 L’Avenir Single Block Pinotage was acknowledged as the top Pinotage in the 2024 Platter’s South African Wine Guide. This recognition by the most authoritative South African wine guide highlights L’Avenir’s leadership in modern, site specific, Stellenbosch Pinotage.

The first L’Avenir Pinotage was produced 30 years ago by the legendary Pope of Pinotage, Francois Naude.

Meticulously crafted and inspired by the captivating spirit of South Africa, this exquisite new Cap Classique is the very essence of celebration, vivacity, and luxury.

Satin Royale joins the Kaapse Vonkel collection as a gleaming new jewel in the crown of Simonsig, a leading producer of award-winning Cap Classique and the country’s pioneer of this wine style.

A very limited release makes each bottle a rare gem, inviting you to savour a truly exclusive experience. Only 1 500 bottles of this first release have been produced.

Anthonij Rupert Wyne's Optima 2020 is a wine of exceptional quality, crafted using only the finest grapes sourced from the best terroirs and made with the most advanced winemaking techniques available.

The Optima forms part of the premium Anthonij Rupert range, named after the late Anthonij Rupert. Sourced from the L'Ormarins Estate in Franschhoek and the Rooderust farm in Darling, the 2020 vintage is a blend of Merlot (34%), Cabernet Sauvignon (32%), Cabernet Franc (30%), and Petit Verdot (4%).

The arrival of spring on the farm, their latest wine awards, and the launch of a new Cap Classique.

And just like that, a long, cold and wet winter is over. While a torrential downpour accompanied by fierce winds caused extensive damage over the Cape Winelands a month ago, it finally appears as if spring has arrived. Temperatures are rising and the sun casts a friendly glow over the verdant expanse of the Robertson Wine Valley. The magnificent Breede River flows strong and fresh and true, and this year it really affirms its status as a “breede” (wide) river.

Tokara is flying the flag for South African Sauvignon Blanc, excelling at both the Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 and Global Sauvignon Blanc Masters.

Tokara is flying the flag for South African Sauvignon Blanc as a winner in this year’s prestigious SA Top 10 line up, and the only local producer to bring home Gold from the Global Sauvignon Blanc Masters 2023 in the UK.

Showing incredible consistency across all its Sauvignon Blanc tiers.

Diemersdal underscored its status as one of SA’s leading Sauvignon Blanc producers by securing a Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10 award for the 7th consecutive year.

At the recent announcement of the annual FNB Sauvignon Blanc SA Top 10, an annual competition aimed at recognizing the best Sauvignon Blanc wines in the country, Diemersdal Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2023 saw this sixth-generation estate claim one of the coveted Top 10 slots.