The Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award for South Africa 2011
Posted by peter | Articles | Posted on December 6th, 2011
The Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award for 2011 was recently announced during the festivities at the Swartland Revolution. The Award has been established to bring focus – and recognition of achievement – to the growing group of professional wine waiters in South Africa.
To achieve this merited status, the finalists had to endure a testing day of written exams, blind tastings and a practical assessment. In the practical they had to skilfully decant an aged wine,select and present wines to ‘guests’, pairing them with items on a menu. Joakim Hansi Blackadder was announced as this years top achiever and was awarded The Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award 2011. Wayve Kolevsohn was second, followed by Greg Mutambe, sommelier at the 12 Apostles Hotel and Spa