The South African Wine Writers Award for 2010 was given to Tim James at a ceremony in Franschhoek over the weekend. This was the second such award, associated with the Franschhoek Literary Festival, made on the basis of an article published in the previous year. All local writers were invited to participate, with an article in any language. Judges this year were British writer Tim Atkin, local broadcaster and informed winelover John Maytham, and Ton Vosloo, chairperson of Naspers.

Tim's prize of R25 000 (and a special one-off "trophy" made by artist Sam Nhlengethwa) was for his article entitled "Red Semillon: Return of the Wine Grape", which was published in the British magazine World of Fine Wine 25. The article is available for downloading here.