elcome to the Michelangelo International Wine Awards
The Michelangelo International Wine Awards celebrates twelve years of success with this year's competition being held again in August in Stellenbosch. Entries for 2007 closed on 1 438, continuing the phenomenal growth of the competition since it’s founding in 1997.
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Please note: The competition banking details have changed.
Please update your records as follows:
The Michelangelo Wine Co
Bank: First National Bank
Account number: 62101207919
Branch: Stellenbosch
Branch code: 200 610
Awards Ceremony 2008
Venue: Lord Charles, Somerset West
Date: Saturday, 13 September 2008
Time: 19:00 for 19:30
Dress: Black tie/formal
Cost: R285,00 per person
Guest artists/speakers: Dr David Molapo and Manuel Escorcio
Function bookings
This year's award evening promises to again hold high the standard which we have set over the years! By popular demand we have brought back motivational speaker David Molapo, while musical entertainment for the evening will be by South-Africa's ever-green Manuel Escorcio.
The evening is a black-tie affair with a three-course meal and a selection of award-winning wines from the 2008 competition.
To make a booking for the Awards Cermony, please book online here
Judges 2008
Once again we are in the process of assembling a superb international panel of wine judges to critique the wines of our local producers. Because of the growth in entries over the past years, we have had to increase the number of judges from 12 to 15.
Confirmed judges to date are:
| Philippe Libuda: | France |
| Sue van Wyk: | Australia |
| Jan Rook: | The Netherlands |
| Christine Rudman: | South Africa |
| Isabelle Legeron: | Great Britain |
| Yorgos Floudas: | Greece |
| Margarita Lozano: | Spain |
| Manuel Moreira: | Portugal |
| Edouard Desplat: | France |
| George Meissner: | Germany |
| Emanuele Pellucci: | Italy |
| Carlos Zalve: | Spain |
| Michel Blanc: | France |
| Freddie Grimwood: | Portugal/Canada |
| Cornelis Alblas: | Netherlands |
Wine Entries 2008
Closing date: Monday, 4 August 2008
Entry fees: R550 per entry. This includes VAT
Garagiste entries: R400 per entry. This includes VAT
Further information is available under Regulations on the menu on the left side of this page.
