WINE HARVEST COMMEMORATIVE EVENT
Join us
for a birthday
celebration!
#HappyBirthdaySAWine
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.
Tim Hutchinson
2024
Recipient of the 1659 Visionary Leadership Award
Title
Ilse Ruthford
2024
Recognized for Growing
Inclusivity
Cathy Marston
2024
Recognized for Wine Advancement
Dawid Saayman
2024
Recognized for Viti-
and Viniculture
Raise your glass and join the SA wine harvest celebrations in February
On 2 February 1659, a diary entry announced, “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.