5 STARS - HANNIBAL 2010 IN 2012 EDITION OF PLATTER'S SOUTH AFRICAN WINE GUIDE, OCTOBER 2011

SAWI TOP WINE CELLAR FOR 2010 - THE SOUTH AFRICAN WINE RATING INDEX (NON VINTAGE RATING) AND PETER FINLAYSON AS VITICULTURIST OF THE YEAR 2010.

SAWI WINE SCORES: 100/100 GALPIN PEAK PINOT NOIR, 99/100 HANNIBAL, 97.6/100 KAAIMANSGAT/CROCODILE'S LAIR

James Molesworth and Stephen Tanzer both awarded the Bouchard Finlayson Pinot Noir Cape Winemakers Guild 2009 an outstanding 92 out of 100 points, and this showed as it sold on auction for nearly twice the price of any other wine of the same varietal.

Independent ratings guide erobertparker.com also recently rated the Bouchard Finlayson Crocodile's Lair Chardonnay 2008 at 92 points.

Bouchard Finlayson has become the 22nd environmental leading wine farm in South Africa to be awarded Championship Status for the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative. The BWI is a partnership between the South African wine industry and the conservation sector, aimed at protecting the Cape’s rich floral kingdom. “BWI Champions are exemplary wine producers who have made a commitment to conserving our unique Cape winelands, with at least 10% of their farm committed to conservation, while implementing environmentally responsible management practices both within their cellars and on the farm,” says Martin Albertus, BWI project co-ordinator. Bouchard Finlayson has fulfilled the stringent BWI Member criteria, established and audited by the BWI committee.