The 19th Michelangelo Awards had a total number of 1665 entries from 364 producers this year. The judging comprised of 17 international wine and spirits specialists from 15 countries and they were joined by local judge, Gregory Mutambe and brandy and spirits judges, Dave Hughes and Dr Caroline Snyman.

Last year Waverley Hills made history with being the first organic wine to be awarded a platinum medal for their Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier 2010. This year, the new vintage SMV 2011 excelled with a double gold award.

The second double gold was awarded to their CW Reserve Shiraz 2012. This is limited release wine, only 1000 bottles, is produced from a small block on the farm which has high quality Shiraz grapes with small berries and an incredibly low yield of 2 tons per hectare. This exclusive, handcrafted wine is an ode to the late Chris du Toit, for his love of wine, his passion for the wine industry and first generation owner of Waverley Hills.

Waverley Hills is also very proud of their MCC 2012 achieving a silver award.

Waverley Hills wines are growing from strength to strength scooping up top awards consistently, highlighting again that organic wines can compete against conventional wines at the highest level.