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Things you need to know from the 3rd Old Mutual Tr

Things you need to know from the 3rd Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show: Michael Fridjhon, Chairman of the Judges with his annual overview from the 2021 competition. @oldmutualtrophyspirits
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A bright way to start the day. @oldmutualtrophyspi

A bright way to start the day. @oldmutualtrophyspirits judging 2021 happening now.
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The final judge in the @oldmutualtrophyspirits lin

Award-winning veteran Brandy champion, and über-j

Award-winning veteran Brandy champion, and über-judge Pieter de Bod. With 27 years' experience in the spirits business, Pieter de Bod is the
General Manager Spirits at KWV responsible for the entire production supply
chain, from distillation, maturation and blending, of all the spirits-based
products. He is Chairman of the Brandy Panel at International Spirit
Challenge (ISC) and a board member of the South African Brandy Foundation.
Winner of best Brandy Trophy in 2013 (ISC), 2014 (IWSC), 2015 (ISC), 2016
(ISC), 2017(IWSC) and 2019 (ISC). Winner of World Best Brandy and Cognac
Producer of the Year Trophy in 2015 (ISC), 2016 (ISC), 2017 (IWSC), 2018
(ISC) and 2019 (ISC). Winner of Best South African London Dry Gin 2018, 2019
and World's best London Dry Gin 2020 for KWV Cruxland Gin at World Gin
Awards, London. Winner of best Gin at World Spirit Competition and also
Spirit of the Year for Cruxland Gin. Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show judge
since 2019. For more info, go to the website link in the bio. @oldmutualsa @winewizardsa @winesteinmf @brandymaster14 @kwvbrandy @sa_brandy @drinksinternational #finebrandy #firewater #judging #sharethespirit #celebrateexcellence

Kurt Schlechter, Cocktail King. Voted 46th among t

Kurt Schlechter, Cocktail King. Voted 46th among the world’s Top 100 most influential people in 2020 by Drinks International magazine, he has 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. An award-winning bartender and drinks consultant, he is a co-owner and director of the Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen and the Cape Brandy Bar in South Africa – Cause Effect currently ranked 76th among the best bars in the world. He completed his whisky masters in Scotland, and after winning the first Olmeca Tahona Margarita championship in Mexico he travelled back to the country several times to study agave spirits. His passion for spirits has led him full circle back to Cape Town to promote local brandies and gins. He has also completed the Van Ryn advanced brandy course and wants to tell the world about Cape brandy and African flavours. As a passionate educator, his speciality is developing bartender training programmes for some of the world’s leading liquor brands and during the last five years he has trained bartenders in the BAR STARS in Africa upliftment programme. First-time judge at the Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show 2021.
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Master of the (Brandy) Universe. Kobus Gelderblom

Master of the (Brandy) Universe. Kobus Gelderblom is Mountain Spirit's owner and brandy master. He created
the Best Brandy worldwide no less than six times at the prestigious IWSC,
twice at the ISC, twice at HKWS and 5 times in SA. He also brings home a
cache of international accolades. His passion for brandy and expertise
garnered over a decade earned him promotion to KWV's Chief Brandy Master and nowadays consultant for numerous cellars. He has served on various wine and brandy tasting panels and between 2001 and 2010 he served on the International Spirits Challenge in London as one of only 6 judges worldwide.
He is the co-founder and trustee of the Cape Brandy Distillers' Guild,
serves on the SABF Board as technical advisor and is chairman of Winetech
Spirits Committee. An Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show judge since 2020. @oldmutualsa @kobusgelderblom @sa_brandy #firewater #sharethespirit #judgingexcellence #potstill

A Brother in Arms: Neil Paterson co-owner of inter

A Brother in Arms: Neil Paterson co-owner of international award-winning whisky retailer, WhiskyBrother. Neil
has 8 years in the industry and nearly 20 years of collecting,
tasting and appreciating all things whisky. If he is not at home working his
way through the numerous samples for the next WhiskyBrother single cask exclusive release, he can be found at the WhiskyBrother Bar in Sandton, talking and enjoying whisky from one of the more than 1450 whiskies on offer. Neil believes whisky should be paired with one's mood, company and
place. First-time judge at the Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show in 2021.🏆🥃 @oldmutualsa @whiskybrotherbar #spirits #uisgebeatha #sláinte #judgingexcellence

Über-stylista, spirits maven. Introducing Kresan

Über-stylista, spirits maven. Introducing Kresan Naidu, one of the 10 judges of the 2021 Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show.
A regular judge at competitions in Norway, the Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, Kresan started his journey in vodka, developing an expert knowledge with first-hand experience of the production process. He has since expanded his expertise across the white spirit category with a strong focus on Gin, as well as in the sales and marketing side of the business. A regular host
at Masterclass tastings in Europe and South Africa, his subjects relate
primarily to white spirits (Gin, Vodka), though he has also done presentations on the subject of South African botanicals as well as the South African cocktail culture. He has spent time with Master Distillers
learning and understanding the process at the distilleries. Judge at the Old Mutual Trophy Spirits Show since 2019. @oldmutualsa @kresan_naidu @pernodricard_za #omtss #judgingexcellence #sharethespirit

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