Wine

[KSINGH]

+1 on the Grunberger Freudenlese
Woolies zesty white is also good.

reds, u cant got wrong with the Shiraz.

 

[ponder]

Durbanville is quite good.

Have you tried Hidden Valley yet? If not you should

 

[undesign]

Stay off the semi-sweet. That stuff is bad for you.

+1000000 Vaalies...

Robertson's and Van Loveren have both got some nice reds in their collection.

Don't know the reds, but the whites are good value for money, especially for the second bottle onwards.

Yes, the Alto is one of the best.
Rubicon is over prices, same as the Kanonkop. You pay for the name.

Alto Rouge is always good, I've yet to taste a bad year.

Agree, Rubicon is overpriced. Drank a 1989 the other day (from a friend's collection) unfortunately it was off.

Most of the 'Fat Bastards' are fairly nice imo!

+1 especially the Sauvignon Blanc.

I last week "discovered" the Altydgedacht Barbera 2007 - R85 at the farm. Great red wine! Never knew of the Barbera varietal.

This thread is making my mouth water, definitely opening a chilled Chardonnay tonight with the missus...

 

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

Why are you all recommending dry whites and reds?

 

[BinaryJack]

Have you tried Hidden Valley yet? If not you should

No, will have a look at that!

+1000000 Vaalies...

Pray for their heathen souls!

Alto Rouge is always good, I've yet to taste a bad year.

Agree, Rubicon is overpriced. Drank a 1989 the other day (from a friend's collection) unfortunately it was off.

We had a 23 year old Cabernet Sauvignon the other day, was great.
Took a long time to breathe though before the true flavours came out.
Decanted the crap out of it!

I last week "discovered" the Altydgedacht Barbera 2007 - R85 at the farm. Great red wine! Never knew of the Barbera varietal.

I discovered a varietal the other day SAngiovese from Bloemenhof.
Great and interesting flavours in the red wine.
Lots of potential.

Why are you all recommending dry whites and reds?

I dont drink semi sweets at any time.
Not even bubbly.

 

[undesign]

I discovered a varietal the other day SAngiovese from Bloemenhof.
Great and interesting flavours in the red wine.
Lots of potential.

+1 The Chianti Classico style is made with it. Found it to be very soft and easy-drinking. Will definitely look out for the Bloemenhof one.

 

[undesign]

Why are you all recommending dry whites and reds?

Because it would be a failure of incomparable proportion to have a thread longer than one page about semi-sweet wine

 

[BinaryJack]

Because it would be a failure of incomparable proportion to have a thread longer than one page about semi-sweet wine

/bows to your eloquence!

 

[Naks]

I don't really drink white wine so I am looking for advice on some nice semi-sweet white wine in the price class of R30-R60 / bottle.

wine and semi-sweet should never be used together.

Also any recom. on red wines in the price class of R40 - R80 / bottle.

You won't go wrong with any of the Zonnebloem @ around R60, also look for the Kanonkop Kadette and Graham Beck Railroad Red.

If you push a bit to the R90 mark, you will find the Rupert & Rotchschild Classique which is an awesome wine.

Basically you won't go wrong with anything that's got a Veritas or Micheangelo gold or silver label.

 

[BinaryJack]

wine and semi-sweet should never be used together.




You won't go wrong with any of the Zonnebloem @ around R60, also look for the Kanonkop Kadette and Graham Beck Railroad Red.

If you push a bit to the R90 mark, you will find the Rupert & Rotchschild Classique which is an awesome wine.

Basically you won't go wrong with anything that's got a Veritas or Micheangelo gold or silver label.

Wait!!!!
Where the fukk do you buy R&R for R90??? Much less Kanonkop for R60???
I havent seen those prices when I was a wine buyer in a restaurant 9 years ago!!??!!

 

[Naks]

Where the fukk do you buy R&R for R90??? Much less Kanonkop for R60??? I havent seen those prices when I was a wine buyer in a restaurant 9 years ago!!??!!

Pays to live in the Helderberg with the nearest wine farm 10min away and bottle stores all over the place buying directly from the estates

wait. R&R Classique I'm pretty sure is around R90 or was that R190!

Kanonkop Kadette was selling for around R60 at the Sunninghill Checkers last yr, it's actually slightly more expensive in the bottle stores around here - if you can find it!

 

[Ou grote]

I like them all. I also like trying different ones

I don't mind blended. I can appreciate the dry as well as the sweet ones although I rarely drink sweet wine.

I prefer red and something a tad fruity.

4 Cousins make a nice Rose. Chicks dig it.
Bellingham Johannesburger is also a popular one.

 

[ponder]

4 Cousins make a nice Rose. Chicks dig it.
Bellingham Johannesburger is also a popular one.

Chicks dig box wine so that statement means nothing
It's all about the effect.

 

[Ou grote]

Chicks dig box wine so that statement means nothing
It's all about the effect.

Older chicks yes, younger ones prefer bottles.
So fill it up with the box wine.

 

[BinaryJack]

Naks - R&R does not go below the R190 mark that I know of.
It is part of their marketing strategy....that is of course if you can get their wines as most is exported.

We did a road trip to Montegu a few months ago to stock up on *cough* Muskadel.
Stocked up on some Rooiberg plonk.

I must make a turn at the local Checkers to see what they have.
I normally pop into Tops or SPar for something quick. They have some bargains there sometime!

 

[Naks]

Naks - R&R does not go below the R190 mark that I know of.It is part of their marketing strategy....that is of course if you can get their wines as most is exported.

ok, my bad then. How drunk must I have been to buy that thinking it's only R90

I must make a turn at the local Checkers to see what they have.
I normally pop into Tops or SPar for something quick. They have some bargains there sometime!

Yep, me too. Checkers actually stocks some pretty good stuff.

I also buy most of my wine from PicknPay because I pay with my Discovery CC and get 15% discount. Did I mention I also buy ciggies at the same time?

 

[BinaryJack]

/waits for feedback from Devill

 

[Naks]

Wait!!!! Where the fukk do you buy R&R for R90??? Much less Kanonkop for R60??? I havent seen those prices when I was a wine buyer in a restaurant 9 years ago!!??!!

Ok, so just to make sure, I went to the local bottle store and got a bottle of R&R Classique. It costs R94.95

Proof of Purchase attached:

 

[chopsuey]

You won't go wrong with any of the Zonnebloem @ around R60, also look for the Kanonkop Kadette

+2

 

[RanzB]

My favourite is Exelcior Merlot. It's around R50, so well worth it.