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Diners Club announces 2019 Western Cape Winelist Awards

Diners Club recently announced the Western Cape winners of the 2019 Winelist Awards at The Forum Embassy Hill in Constantia, Cape Town.
Image credit: Kym Ellis on Unsplash.
Image credit: Kym Ellis on Unsplash.

At least 51 Western Cape restaurants submitted wine lists this year, and awards were presented in Diamond, Platinum and Gold. A total of 16 restaurants received Diamond Awards, 20 received Platinum Awards and six got Gold Awards.

This year, 205 restaurants from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng submitted wine lists for judging by a select panel led by the publisher of the Platter’s by Diners Club Wine Guide, Jean-Pierre Rossouw.

And the Western Cape winners are:

Diamond Award Winners

  • Azure, The 12 Apostles Hotel - Camps Bay
  • Bientang's Cave Restaurant & Wine Bar - Hermanus
  • Bushman's Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat - Clanwilliam
  • Casabella at The Sanctuary - Somerset West
  • Cavalli - Stellenbosch
  • Delaire Graff Restaurant - Stellenbosch
  • Ellerman House - Bantry Bay
  • Grootbos Lodge - Gansbaai
  • Indochine Restaurant at Delaire Graff - Stellenbosch
  • Karibu Restaurant - V&A Waterfront
  • Karoo Art Hotel - Barrydale
  • La Colombe - Constantia
  • La Residence Hotel - Franschhoek 
  • Noop - Paarl
  • The Hussar Grill Camps Bay
  • The Hussar Grill Worcester

Platinum Award Winners

  • Casabella GrandWest - Goodwood
  • Cattle Baron De Waterkant – Cape Town
  • French Connection Bistro - Franschhoek
  • Grootbos Private Nature Reserve - Gansbaai
  • Stellenbosch Golf Club
  • The Conservatory, The Cellars-Hohenort - Constantia
  • The Forum Embassy Hill - Constantia
  • The Hussar Grill Durbanville
  • The Hussar Grill Franschhoek
  • The Hussar Grill Grand West
  • The Hussar Grill Mouille Point
  • The Hussar Grill Paarl
  • The Hussar Grill Rondebosch
  • The Hussar Grill Somerset West
  • The Hussar Grill Steenberg
  • The Hussar Grill Stellenbosch
  • The Hussar Grill Willowbridge
  • The Marine Hotel - Hermanus
  • Turn ‘n Tender - Somerset West
  • Viande Grande Roche - Paarl

Gold Award Winners

  • Bistro @ La Vierge - Hermanus
  • Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Cape Town
  • Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Cavendish
  • Col'Cacchio Pizzeria Paarl
  • Den Anker - V&A Waterfront
  • The Shelley Point Hotel & Spa - St Helena Bay

Best Winelist at a Golf Course – Western Cape and National Winner

  • Stellenbosch Golf Club
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