SAWI ratings identify consistently highly-rated wines without being vintage specific.
Links to the websites of all wineries with rated wines will be found under winepockets & wineries.
Wines that scored 96.0 and higher on the SAWi Index
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Superlative Top Class Masterpiece
Excellent Wine of Distinction / Exceptionally Outstanding
SAWi is a private initiative managed by several role players in the wine sector who, over the last few years...
WHY IT'S A GOOD IDEA? People like things that make life simpler...
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Become wine savvy in spotting a good wine. There's nothing about the label design or content, or the bottle shape which can tell.
Good wine is not necessarily expensive, nor old. It's deep, complex and stays with you long after you've tasted it.
Simply, learn to pair the basic color of a dish with the color of wine but, food and wine pairing actually goes beyond that...
Wine and food can complement or contract each other, provided they do not mask each other's unique characteristics...
SAWi's iPad Wine and Food Menu is orientated towards the hotel and restaurant's manager whom are not interested in running after the lastest 'wow factor', but truly want to offer their patrons a value adding and experiencing enriching product.
This is for people that do not have the desire or the time to learn all about fine wine.
Social media initiatives claim an estimated 18% of the marketing budget at today's most successful companies. And, those 18 cents work harder than any other share of the marketing dollar. Social networks and community dynamics have fundamentally changed many of the most intrinsically understood truths of marketing communications while creating a more measurable business practice.
The wine industry at large is beset by many challenges of which but one is the ability to represent and communicate a brand to prospective consumers wherever and whenever they may find themselves in the world.
This pie graph shows which countries had been the leading downloaders of SAWi's iPad Applications. Although a first glance at the graph holds no real surprises - with South Africa taking the lead and the USA shortly behind it - a closer look does reveal an interesting phenomena
Posted 05 January 2012
Major changes in the liquor law will affect all wine producers, retailers, festivals, serious collectors and consumers. Bertus van Niekerk from the South African Wine Index recently spoke to liquor law expert Danie Cronje of Cluver Markotter in Stellenbosch.
Posted 29 February 2012
Quick Reference (QR) codes have become a powerful marketing medium – they’re found almost everywhere: in magazines, newspapers, billboards, on car windows, on products in supermarkets and even on billboards. Now it seems they are rapidly establishing themselves in the wine industry as well.
Increasingly QR codes are added to packaging and they have proven that they increase consume
Quick Reference (QR) codes have become a powerful marketing medium – they’re found almost everywhere: in magazines, newspapers, billboards, on car windows, on products in supermarkets and even on billboards. Now it seems they are rapidly establishing themselves in the wine industry as well.
QR Codes have become a powerful pull marketing tool in South Africa over the last 12 months. Where as it was relatively unknown in the beginning of Jan 2011, we've suddenly seen an explosion of its application across industries by well known brands. The wine industry were not to be left behind and we've seen Zevenwacht, Vrede & Lust, Rustenberg and Creation Wines to utilize this
The purpose of this wine rating system is to take South African wine quality ratings to a new level, considering more than just a mere once-off tasting result, through the introduction of a uniquely designed index system in which the wine enthusiast can view achievements of any particular wine.