ISSUED By DKC (DE KOCK COMMUNICATIONS) FOR
VAN RYN’S COLLECTION RESERVE
After consistently
winning critical acclaim in the UK and Europe, the Van Ryn's Collection Reserve
luxury range is now also turning heads and palates in the US, where it has just
made its first competitive appearance.
South Africa's
flagship specialty potstill distillery clinched a double gold and two gold
medals at this year's San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Highest honours
went to the Van Ryn's 15 Year Old, with the 12 Year Old and 20 Year Old each
winning gold.
All submissions were
judged blind by panellists drawn from leading hotels and restaurants, as well
as top media houses. The competition, now in its 14th year, attracted a record
number of entries from 63 countries.
Global spokesperson
for the Stellenbosch-based Van Ryn's distillery, Rapula Pitsoe, said the
results were an important affirmation for the brand in one of the world's
biggest and most discerning spirits markets.
Since 2004, Van Ryn's
has won the UK-based International Wine & Spirit Competition's Worldwide
Best Brandy title five times, and the International Spirits Challenge Best
Brandy Trophy, four times. It is also a regular winner of gold medals at the
annual Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.
All four of the
award-winning Van Ryn’s brandies can be enjoyed at the luxurious distillery
situated close to Stellenbosch. In addition to a standard tasting that includes
all four brandies in the range, the distillery also offers a decadent pairing
of three of the brandies in the range with hand-made, customised chocolates and
coffee, or freshly-baked Florentine biscuits carefully matched with the entire
range of deluxe brandies.
Sip and savour on
plump, plush couches in the distillery's tasting area or take in the country
air by sitting outside in the lovely lavender, gaura and rose garden.
The distillery’s
winter (May to September) opening hours are:
Mondays to
Fridays: 09:00 – 17:00
Saturdays and public
holidays: 09:00 – 16:00
Distillery tours are also on offer:
Mondays to Fridays: 10:00, 11:30 and
15:00
Saturdays and public holidays: 10:00, 11:30
and 13:00
The five-star distillery can be booked for premium,
prestige conferences and special events. To find out more, please contact
Robert Bruwer on vanryn@hsvhospitality.com.
For more information
and news on what’s happening at Van Ryn’s visit www.facebook.com/vanryns orwww.vanryns.co.za or
call (021) 881 3875.
