Kashew Restaurant has been introduced as considered one of 4 Finest Newcomer finalists within the 2023 South African Star Wine Record of the 12 months awards. The restaurant, positioned at The Catalyst Lodge in Sandton, is the one Johannesburg-based finalist to be featured on this class. The restaurant kinds a part of the Newmark assortment of motels, reserves, and eating places, launched two years in the past when The Catalyst Lodge first opened its doorways.

Kashew’s new wine record
The restaurant’s wine record, which options greater than 70 high South African wines in an intensive providing of various kinds and value factors, was curated by Newmark’s Group Sommelier, Marlvin Gwese. An business chief with 9 years of expertise working in a few of the Cape’s high institutions, Gwese holds a number of sommelier {qualifications}.
“The Star Wine Record of the 12 months award is likely one of the most prestigious wine awards on the planet and it’s a nice honour for Kashew Restaurant to be featured as a South African finalist. Our intensive and diversified menu options many up-and-coming South African wine farms and estates that follow sustainability. It’s significantly thrilling that these gamers will acquire recognition from the publicity that the wine awards will deliver,”
Marlvin Gwese


Star Wine Record Awards
Since its inception in Stockholm in 2017, Star Wine Record has develop into one of the vital prestigious worldwide wine record awards. Star Wine Record gives a web-based information to the good wine bars and wine eating places around the globe and permits members entry to over 2000 high wine lists in additional than 35 nations.
The Star Wine Record crew will probably be heading to South Africa to announce the winners of the 2023 South African wine record awards. It will happen at The Finest Sommelier of South Africa occasion to be held in Stellenbosch on 16 September. South Africa’s winners will then qualify for the Star Wine Record Worldwide Last which will probably be held in June 2024.
“Kashew Restaurant and the bar at The Catalyst Lodge has been steadily gaining a repute with Johannesburg wine lovers. This can be very thrilling that this announcement will speed up consciousness in regards to the restaurant, placing it on the South African map as a sought-after native vacation spot for wine connoisseurs. Effectively accomplished to Marlvin and the crew at Kashew for placing collectively this distinctive wine record,” commented CEO of Newmark Accommodations & Reserves, Neil Markovitz.