Glad he enjoyed it!Gregor said:Evilbiker
My business partner recently returned from a 18 day South Africa trip. He loved the country. And he couldn't stop complementing the wine. He said it was wonderful and dramatically inexpensive.
Well, then, what better reason to visit??
It's unfortunate that we have to spend $20 - $30 for a really good varietal red here, and you can get a better wine there for $7.
Oh well.
I really don't understand the price difference - it's not to do with a discrepancy in disposable income, for one thing. Rand to dollar, the wines are still way cheaper here.
One thing that I do know to be true - our cheap wines (average house wine type, non-vintage, blended) are far superior to the stuff you would get in, say, Spain or even the States, and they cost a pittance. In some cases it could work out to under $2 a bottle for a very pleasant table wine....