Guide’s editor wins international award

The editor of the John Platter South African Wine Guide was announced as the winner of the 2007 Ott Award for Annual Wine Guides. Philip van Zyl was in London to collect the award at the presentation on Wednesday evening of the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards. Van Zyl and Platter publisher Andrew McDowall were fortunately able to pass through London on their way to deliver the next edition of the guide to the printers in Singapore, and the detour was well rewarded.