Brand Varietal Vintage Competition Year Result Press release
Café Culture Pinotage 2007 International Wine Challenge, Vietnam 2007 Best value red wine / Best SA wine Gold
Café Culture Pinotage 2007 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2007 Gold
Café Culture Pinotage 2008 NSLC 13th Port of Wines festival 2009 Top scoring SA table wine
Café Culture Pinotage 2007 Vinnordic Wine Challenge, Stockholm 2008 Best red wine in price category 80-89 SEK
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2003 Decanter World Wine Awards 2005 under 10 pounds trophy
Cathedral Cellar Shiraz 2006 Decanter World Wine Awards 2009 Gold KWV posts excellent results at ABSA Top Ten Pinotage competition
Cathedral Cellar Sauv blanc 2000 Hong Kong International Wine challenge 2003 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2000 Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2004 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2000 Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2004 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Shiraz - Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2004 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2002 Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2005 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2005 Juliet Cullinan Wine Connoisseur's Awards 2007 Gold - Top in category
Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2001 Michelangelo Awards 2005 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2007 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2009 Double gold
Cathedral Cellar Triptych 2006 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2009 Double gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2008 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2009 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2009 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2007 Mundus Vini Award 2009 Gold KWV Reserve wines perform in Germany
Cathedral Cellar Merlot 1999 SAA Listing 2003 First class
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2001 SAA Listing 2003 First class
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 1999 SAA Listing 2003 First class / Business class
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2000 Veritas Awards 2004 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Triptych 2000 Veritas Awards, Nederburg - October 2003 Double gold
Cathedral Cellar Merlot 2000 Veritas Awards, Nederburg - October 2003 Double gold
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2000 Veritas Awards, Nederburg - October 2003 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2000 Vino Ljubljana Competition, Slovenia 2002 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Triptych 2000 Vino Ljubljana Competition, Slovenia 2003 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Merlot 1999 Vino Ljubljana Competition, Slovenia 2003 Gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2005 Wine Style Asia Awards 2007 Classic gold
Cathedral Cellar Cabernet Sauv 2004 Wine Style Asia Awards 2007 Classic gold
Cathedral Cellar Pinotage 2004 Wine Style Asia Awards 2007 Classic gold
Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2002 Winemakers Choice Awards 2005 Diamond Award
KWV Dessert wines White Muscadel - Muscats du Monde 2010 Gold
KWV Dessert wines Red Muscadel 1975 - 2003 Gold
KWV Lifestyle Chardonnay 2001 Chardonnay-du-Monde Competition 2002 Gold
KWV Lifestyle Pinotage 2001 Estonian Wine challenge 2003 Gold
KWV Lifestyle Chardonnay 2002 Estonian Wine challenge 2003 Gold
KWV Lifestyle Steen 2004 Veritas Awards 2004 Double gold
KWV Reserve Chardonnay 2003 Chardonnay-du-Monde Competition 2004 Gold
KWV Reserve Chardonnay 2007 Michelangelo Awards 2008 Gold
KWV Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Michelangelo Awards 2008 Gold
KWV Reserve Cabernet Sauv 2005 Mundus Vini Award 2009 Gold KWV Reserve wines perform in Germany
KWV Reserve Chard/Sauv/Chen/Viognier 2008 Mundus Vini Award 2009 Gold KWV Reserve wines perform in Germany
KWV Reserve Shiraz 2006 Shiraz Du Monde 2009 Gold
KWV Reserve Shiraz 2006 Veritas awards 2008 Gold
KWV The Mentors Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2010 Gold Excellent results for KWV at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
KWV The Mentors Petit Verdot 2008 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2010 Gold Excellent results for KWV at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles
KWV The Mentors Chenin Blanc 2006 Decanter World wine awards 2008 Trohpy for the South African single varietal white wine over GBP 10
KWV The Mentors Shiraz 2008 Decanter World wine awards 2010 Gold
KWV The Mentors Chenin Blanc 2006 International Wine Challenge 2009 Gold Excellent results at the International Wine Challenge
KWV The Mentors Shiraz/ Cabernet Franc 2006 Michelangelo Int Wine Awards 2009 Gold
KWV The Mentors Semillon 2009 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2010 Gold - Top in category trophy KWV Excels at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show
KWV The Mentors Shiraz 2006 Shiraz Du Monde 2009 Gold
KWV The Mentors Shiraz 2008 Shiraz Du Monde 2010 Gold Overall 2nd place
KWV The Mentors Shiraz 2006 Veritas awards 2008 Double Gold medal
Laborie Alambic - China Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2006 Gold & overall winner
Laborie Alambic - China Int Wine & Spirit Competition 2006 Gold for best brandy
Laborie Alambic - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2007 Gold
Laborie Alambic - International Wine and Spirits Competition 2010 Best brandy in the World Best Brandy in the World from Laborie
Laborie Blanc de Blanc 2003 Juliet Cullinan Wine Connoisseur's Awards 2007 First in category
Laborie Jean Taillefert 2002 Mundus Vini Award 2008 Gold
Laborie Jean Taillefert 2006 Paarl Shiraz Chenin Challenge 2010 1st Place Laborie Jean Taillefert 2006 overall Shiraz winner at Santam Paarl Shiraz Chenin Challenge 2010
Laborie Blanc de Blanc Brut 2006 Veritas 2009 Gold
Laborie Blanc de Blanc Brut 2006 Winemakers Choice Awards 2009 Diamond Award
Roodeberg Red 1998 Intervin, Canada 2000 Gold Medal
Roodeberg Red 2006 Magazine Savoir Vivre tasting, Germany 2007 One of the best Old and New World Wines
Roodeberg Red 2004 Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Best red box of the year
Roodeberg Red 2005 Stockholm, Sweden 2008 Best red box of the year

Together with the department of agriculture, KWV established the South African Wine Industry Trust in 1999, and committed to donate to the trust a total of R369 million over a period of 10 years. The trust has used 45% of this money to benefit previously disadvantaged communities in the wine industry.

Since its last payment to the trust, KWV has started developing its own corporate social investment programme.

The guidelines for social economic development initiatives are:

All projects should be in Paarl, Worcester or Robertson.
Seventy-five percent of the beneficiaries should be generic black as per the government definition
The project should be addressing a pressing need in the community.
KWV should be able to measure its impact in the communities.
KWV should be able to get points on the BBBEE scorecard.
Funding was given to the following projects:

Pebbles Project

The purpose is to enrich the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds with special educational needs, especially those whose lives are affected by alcohol, through providing support and training to local wine farm and township crèches and establishing after-school provision for older children living in the Winelands.

In 2009, the Pebbles Project will be working with over 500 children aged 2 - 16 with approximately 200 of these children in the 6 - 16-year-old age bracket in the After-School Clubs (ASCs) which were set up by Pebbles. These ASCs offer a range of skills development activities and homework programmes for the learners. The learners go out on one educational trip per month and participate in a number of exciting art, sport, lifeskills, and drama and music workshops.

JA School of Music

The aim of the school to keep the children off the street away from the negative activities such as drug, gangsterism and alcohol abuse. The school has about
71 children from around the townships and farm communities in Paarl. The music classes are held in the afternoon. Part of the requirements for admittance to this school is that students do well in their school work and therefore school reports are submitted. This project is not receiving funding from government or any corporate. The founder of the school has been tracking the progress of all previous students of whom some are now at tertiary institutions.

Skills Project - Flagship

KWV objectives

To make a positive, sustainable impact on the communities in which KWV operates through investing in improving the quality of life and prosperity of disadvantaged communities.
To empower selected members of the local community with the intention of equipping them with the skills necessary to enter the hospitality industry.
Overall Benefits of Training Project:

Create employment for the people of Paarl.
Skills and knowledge transfer. Set the stage to progress to further wine training and the development of a new career path (professional waiters and/or sommeliers)
Help to prepare the community for 2010.

Expected course outcomes:

Trainees will gain a basic and fundamental understanding of customer service and wine. With the transfer of knowledge, trainees will be empowered to gain employment in hospitality and wine industry.

About the training

The training course is designed around the basic understanding of food and wine in a hospitality establishment. The biggest advantage of this course is that it has been designed specifically with the aim of developing under privileged people. The course goes beyond a tourist experience to give learners a new understanding coupled with skills in basic customer relations, up-selling and tailoring through food and wine pairing and transforms the wine waiter's ability to create an unrivaled experience for any guest.