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Boplaas Family Vineyards has been named the best South Africa producer at the 2019 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards, announced on the weekend. Now the largest competition of its kind in Africa, this year’s awards attracted over 2 000 entries.

Top image: Mike Neebe, Margaux Nel & William Coetzee

Boplaas Family Vineyards in Calitzdorp has triumphed at the 2019 Cape Port & Wine Challenge with no less than five inclusions among the Top 10 table wines, two in the Top 10 ports and one in the Top 2 Museum class Port.

Wines from Boplaas Family Vineyards have again received top ratings by acclaimed UK Master of Wine Tim Atkin, including four achieving more than 90/100 in his latest special annual report on South African wine. The champion wine and port producer’s highest scorer was the Cape Vintage Reserve 2017, one of only 160 wines to receive 95 points or more.

A tradition from the world’s home of Port has come to the Klein Karoo town of Calitzdorp. South African port-making champion Boplaas has installed a series of custom ceramic tiles that are synonymous with Portuguese tradition.

Boplaas Family Vineyards has once again proven to be worthy of its reputation as producer of top quality still and port-style wines, having achieved top ratings from independent panels at the Wine Magazine Signature Red Blend Report and Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards.

The links of top Klein Karoo winery and distiller Boplaas Family Vineyards to one of South Africa’s original and arguably most prestigious wineries was highlighted at a show of new releases held in Constantia last week.

Boplaas Family Vineyards has emerged as one of the most successful producers rated for the esteemed National Wine Challenge list of Top 100 SA Wines this year. Not only were six of its wines included, but it also claimed titles for amongst others Best in Class.

Buying quality wine doesn’t mean having to break the bank. That’s the opinion of Boplaas Family Vineyards marketing manager Rozanne Nel.

Boplaas Cape Ports have received a perfect score of 100 points in an assessment by the SA Wine Index (SAWi), a rating system that identifies consistently top-performing wines from its evaluation of most important local and international competitions.