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South African Wins in Paris
 On Thursday, 11th February, 2010, the theatre of Le Cent Quarte, Paris was transformed to a glittering celebration in honour of Food and Wine books. The international publishing industry, authors, photographers and media joined the Cointreau family in Paris to pay tribute of this year's guests of honour: The finalists of the 2009 Gourmand competition.
Publisher Elmari Swart joined the winning ranks again this year with Cheviot Publishing's latest title, The Essential Guide to South African Wines (by E Swart & I Smit). The title was voted as one of the two Best Books in the category "Wine Atlas or Tourism Guide in the World". Said Swart: "It is a huge honour to be counted amongst the best wine books in the world! I am delighted to fly the flag for South Africa at the Gourmand World Gala."
The gala was a highlight on the culinary calendar with visitors travelling from far and wide to attend. While the European countries along with the Americas dominated the entry numbers (60%+), the East as well as Africa saw a significant increase in finalist numbers. The winning titles and a wide selection of culinary and wine books will be exhibited this year at the Cape Town Book Fair (30 July – 3 August 2010), in a special exhibition of food and wine books from South Africa, and other countries of the African Continent.
Cheviot Publishing would like to thank the organisers for a magnificent Gala event and congratulate all winners!!!
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Young Achiever Award
The second annual FM Wine Business Awards celebrates exceptional performance in terms of best business practice, innovation and leadership.
The Young Achiever award went to Elmari Swart for her work in Cheviot Publishing! The judges found that not only are the wine related books published by Cheviot based on in-depth research, but also provides unique insights into the subject matter. The judges noted the tangible impact on consumers' understanding of terroir. In addition, the branching into custom-publishing and multi-media clinched the award for Cheviot. Described by the judges as
"the perfect candidate for the award, Elmari is indeed the rising star with ambition, drive and demonstrable achievements under her belt that this category embodies".
Awards convenors John Woodward (Frogitt & Vonkel Private Wine Merchants & founder Jo'burg Wine Show) and Delarey Brugman (entrepreneur, wine industry investor & owner Alluvia Wine Estate) were unanimous about achieving their goal.
"The rationale behind the awards was to shift the industry's focus to the contributions of the role players throughout the value chain" mentions Woodward.
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Paris Books and Wine Book Show
The city of Paris recently played host to inaugural Paris Food and Wine Book Fair, from 12 to 15 February.
A leading business, cultural and culinary centre, Paris proved the perfect venue to bring together the best in the food and wine publishing industry. Among more than 100 exhibitors were the largest French culinary publishers and several big international distributors and printers. It was four very busy days with more than 3100 trade visitors and many interested members of the public attending the event.
Fortunately, the long hours of serious business transactions were balanced by a myriad of entertainment. While celebrity chefs cooked up a round-the-world-trip in the French and International kitchens, various food tastings highlighted French regional produce. The terroir-wine tasting centre was hugely popular and Cheviot's Elmari Swart presented a wine tasting highlighting key components of South African terroir. |
