WINE HARVEST COMMEMORATIVE EVENT

Join us
for a birthday
celebration!

#HappyBirthdaySAWine

CELEBRATE 2 FEBRUARY

Welcome To The Wine Harvest Commemorative Event

Join the South African Wine Industry at the commemoration of the first vintage on South African soil. The virtual event is open to all and involves the Blessing of the Harvest, the commemoration of the wine industry’s existence, and the honouring of role players in four categories.

1659
Visionary Leadership
Award

Ken Forrester

2023
Recipient of the 1659 Visionary Leadership Award

Title

Recognition for
Growing
Inclusivity

Rydal Jeftha

2023
Recognized for Growing
Inclusivity

Recognition for Wine Advancement

Wendy Jonker

2023
Recognized for Wine Advancement

Recognition for
Viti- and Viniculture

Dr Erna Blancquaert

2023
Recognized for Viti-
and Viniculture

Raise your glass and join the SA wine harvest celebrations in February

On 2 February 1659, Jan van Riebeeck entered into his diary that, “Today, praise be to God, wine was made for the first time from Cape grapes.”And with that, it marked the birthday of what would become an internationally renowned industry that placed South Africa on the world’s grape-based winemaking map and continues to do so today.

The South African wine industry honours this momentous occasion each February with the Wine Harvest Commemorative Event.

Everyone is called upon to join in during February every year – anyone with a passion for and commitment to wine, whether a wine producer, social sipper, connoisseur, collector, restaurateur, or retail outlet (large or small) – wherever they may be.

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