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MICHAEL FRIDJHON: Newcomers make some good progress at chenin challenge
This year’s chenin top 10 saw more entries and a real churn in terms of newcomers to the hallowed slots: five are first timers
In the days of the now defunct print version of Wine Magazine, the publication ran monthly competitions designed to identify the top producers of particular varieties or categories of wine. It was WineMag that gave the chenin challenge its initial momentum, more than two decades ago, and at a time when the cultivar did not even enjoy premium status. It was also at much the same time that Absa began sponsoring the pinotage top 10 — an annual competition that has continued to this day. A glance at this year’s winners of the Absa event, which include Delheim Pinotage 2012, Diemersfontein Carpe Diem Reserve 2015, Flagstone Writer’s Block Single Vineyard 2015, Kanonkop 2012, Lanzerac Pionier 2014, Môreson MKM 2015, Neil Ellis Bottelary Hills 2015 and Stellenbosch Vineyards Bushvine Pinotage 2015 reveals a number of familiar names. In the world of wine, this shouldn’t be any more surprising than discovering that Kenyans, for example, dominate the long-distance events at athletics meetings...
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