South Africa's Kanonkop Wine bEstate/b and vintner Abrie Beeslaar excelled at the 2008 International Wine and Spirit Competition in London, scooping the Winemaker of the Year award and, for the third time, the award for the best blended red wine. ... company of all three cellarmasters that had served Kanonkop so assiduously since 1965 ? Jan bBoland/b Coetzee, Beyers Truter and current cellarmaster Abie Beeslaar," IWSC competition manager Bev Steer said in a statement last week. ...