The tradition of annually honouring a handful of industry leaders was continued at this year’s 35th Veritas Awards ceremony, known for many years as the “Oscars of the Wine Industry”, on Saturday 11 October 2025. This award, instituted by the Veritas Awards in 2009, serves as recognition for exemplary service to the industry over the years – acknowledging their commitment and paying homage to them for remarkable achievements.

‘Gen Z is 42% of the population in South Africa. If we don’t pay attention, we risk losing a generation of wine drinkers,’ warns Vinimark’s Wine Education and Training Manager, Ginette De Fleuriot. At a recent Vinimark Masterclass she hosted, the room was buzzing with one urgent question: How do we keep wine relevant for Gen Z?

KWV clinched the top Veritas award, the Duimpie Bayly Vertex Trophy, for the second year in a row at the 35th Veritas Awards evening, with its masterful The Mentors Perold, while Graham Beck and Cederberg Wines also excelled with a haul of coveted double gold medals.

Mark your calendars for 6-8 November 2025 as the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) transforms into the epicentre of the wine and spirits world! Designed for trade professionals (with a public-friendly finale on 8 Nov), this year’s event promises an electrifying blend of tradition, trends, and tastemakers.

The International Wine Education Centre (IWEC), Africa’s leading provider of the internationally-recognised Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) wine courses is celebrating with 7 students who have completed their WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines qualification this year.

Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront has once again shone a spotlight on the people and places that make it Africa’s most visited retail destination.

In a win for South African winemaking excellence, the 41st Cape Winemakers Guild Auction raised a record-breaking amount of R17 215 000 this past weekend. Taking place online and in-person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West on Friday, 3 and Saturday, 4 October 2025, the hybrid event drew 258 registered bidders from 13 countries.

Constance Hotels & Resorts is delighted to have featured very strongly in the 2025 World of Fine Wine Awards.

For all the noise, glitz and excitement of Cape Wine 2025 – the grand showcase of South African wine that brings the global industry to the Mother City every three years – there was plenty of reason to feel uncertain about the general state of wine in the event build-up.

Confronting Climate Change is a carbon footprinting initiative, developed to support fruit and wine organisations through identifying and responding to the risks and opportunities associated with carbon emissions.