Winery of the YearSadie Family WinesWhite Wine of the YearDeMorgenzon Reserve Chardonnay 2013Red Wine of the YearDe Trafford Blueprint Syrah 2013Wines rated Five Stars: Méthode Cap ClassiqueGraham Beck  Blanc de Blancs Brut 2009ChardonnayDeMorgenzon Reserve 2013Iona 2013Richard Kershaw Elgin 2013Sterhuis Barrel Selection 2012Chenin BlancAlheit Vineyards Magnetic North Mountain Makstok 2013Fram 2013Kaapzicht The 1947 2013Grenache BlancThe Foundry 2013Sauvignon BlancBuitenverwachting Husseys Vlei 2013Diners Club Bartho Eksteen Academy CWG Auction Reserve Vloekskoot 2013Reyneke Reserve White 2013SemillonVergelegen Reserve 2013White BlendsConstantia Uitsig Constantia 2012David Aristargos 2013DeMorgenzon Maestro 2013Flagstone Treaty Tree Reserve 2013Miles Mossop Saskia 2012Oak Valley Mountain Reserve 2010Sadie Family Wine Palladius 2012Sadie Family Wines Die Ouwingerdreeks Skerpioen 2012Cabernet FrancWarwick 2011Cabernet SauvignonGroot Constantia 2012Le Riche Reserve 2011Nederburg II Centuries 2010Oldenburg Vineyards 2011Stark-Condé Three Pines 2012CinsautSadie Die Ouwingerdreeks Pofadder 2013Petit VerdotStellenbosch Vineyards Flagship 2010PinotageFlagstone Time Manner Place 2012Kanonkop Black Label 2012Pinot NoirCreation Reserve 2013Crystallum Cuvée Cinema 2013Newton Johnson Family Vineyards 2013Sumaridge 2012Red BlendsDelaire Graff Botmaskop 2012Ernie Els CWG Auction Reserve 2012Hartenberg The Mackenzie 2011Thelema Rabelais 2010Vilafonté Series C 2011ShirazBoekenhoutskloof Syrah 2012Boschendal Cecil John Reserve 2012De Trafford Blueprint Syrah 2013Fable Mountain Vineyards Syrah 2012Porseleinberg 2012Sweet wine, UnfortifiedDelheim  Edelspatz Noble Late Harvest 2013Mullineux & Leeu Family Wines Straw Wine 2013Sweet wine, FortifiedNuy White Muscadel 2013Port-styleBoplaas Cape Tawny Reserve NVDe Krans Cape Vintage Reserve 2012BrandyKWV 12 Year Old Barrel SelectSeems to be year of the blends, white blends the strongest category (very lucky to sit on this panel) with eight 5 star wines, red blends got five 5 stars same as Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah but red blends the biggest category in ‘highly recommended’ by some distance followed by white blends, Chenin Blanc, Syrah, Chardonnay and Cabernet.There were also 9 wineries achieving 5 Stars for the first time – these were Creation Wines, Crystallum, Diners Club Bartho Eksteen Academy, Fram, Iona, Oldenburg, Porseleinberg, Stellenbosch Vineyards and Sumaridge.The Platter Guide 2015 will be on sale from mid-November priced at R195 and is also available online from Platter’s website (www.wineonaplatter.com). The web-based version of the guide is available at www.wineonaplatter.com.The tradition of secrecy and minor fanfare surrounding the colour continues with this year’s colour announced as Beaujolais Ferment.