Thelema wins Sylvain barrel
By Christian Eedes, 7 June 2017
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Best wine overall in this year’s Cape Bordeaux Red Blend Report (previously the Red Hot Wine Awards) was the Thelema Rabelais 2013 and the prize for producing this a 300-litre Selection range barrel from Tonnellerie Sylvain valued at approximately R12 400.
Here winemag.co.za editor Christian Eedes can be seen with Marie Thomas, Sylvain’s sales manager for South Africa and Thelema winemaker Rudi Schultz.
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