The results are now in for the 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge and the International Wine & Spirit Competition.
Congratulations to all our producers who submitted entries.
The standout winners this year were:
DWWA
Best in Show – Stellenbosch Reserve 2025 Hangbrug Chenin Blanc – 97 points
Platinum – Steenberg 2022 Merlot – 97 points
Gold – Cavalli 2022 Warlord – 96 points
Gold – Trentham 2024 Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Gold – Wooing Tree 2022 Pinot Noir – 95 points
IWSC
Gold – Steenberg 2022 Catharina – 95 points
(stock of Steenberg Catharina, Trentham, Wooing Tree and Stellenbosch Reserve will be available later in the year. The last few bottles of Cavalli Warlord 2022 are still available)
The following wines all were awarded Silver medals and are currently available :
Bouchard Finlayson 2023 Galpin Peak Pinot Noir
Bouchard Finlayson 2023 Tete de Cuvee
Rust en Vrede 2022 Estate Vineyard Syrah
Donkiesbaai 2025 Steen
Rustenberg 2024 Five Soldiers Chardonnay
Rustenberg 2025 Stellenbosch Chardonnay
Rustenberg 2025 Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc
Rustenberg 2024 Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon
Golden Amrita 2020 Lumenval Shiraz
Steenberg 2024 & 2025 Sauvignon Blanc
Steenberg 2025 Black Swan Sauvignon Blanc
Catherine Marshall 2024 Finite Elements Pinot Noir
Vergelegen 2024 Reserve Chardonnay
Vergelegen 2023 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Vergelegen 2023 Reserve Merlot
The following wines, currently available received Bronze medals:
Darling Cellars 2023 Old Bush Vine Chenin
Rust en Vrede 2023 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Stellenbosch Reserve 2023 Ou Hoofgebau Cabernet Sauvignon
Ernie Els 2024 Major Series Double Red
Cavalli 2025 Reserve White
Rustenberg 2024 John X Merriman
