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AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

AVANTE

John Smit Avante

Rob Heyns was convinced that the Springboks would win the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The problem was, with less than 6 weeks until the tournament kicked off, there wasn't enough time to take advantage of this hunch in launching a VSOP brandy. 

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But that wasn't going to stop him. 

In a few days, we'd flown out 2007 World Cup winning captain, John Smit, and produced a film to tease the launch of our country's first foray into the premium brandy market. 2 years later, and Smitty had been joined by Jean De Villiers, Justin Marshall, George Gregan, Makazole Mapimpi, and a host of other rugby superstars as shareholders of the award-winning Avante Premium Brandy.  

 

Watch the film that started it all.​

Avante Cocktail

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