ChattyCathy > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>
>>
>> Way back when I first started on red wine, we used to try quite a few
>> SA reds.
>>
>> But I didn't realize you had so damn many!!!
>
> We do have a lot, don't we? What we call a "drinkable" red starts out
> at about ZAR60 (AUD9.95) in the bottle stores


Cathy......... you have to move to the country of LMARASTWCKTPD.



(Lets make alcohol really affordable so that we can keep the people
dumb)



>and can go up to over
> ZAR1000 (AUD165) per bottle for "medal winning" stuff - but not too
> many of the bottle stores stock the really expensive wines, you have
> to know where to look. The restaurants rip us off of, course. They
> usually double up the prices. LOL


Which is why I usually pick BYO's.



>>
>>
>> Life's too short to drink bad wine :-)
>>
>>
> Lemme give ya a little tip - I wouldn't recommend the "Angels Tears"
> range....


Thanks........ now I have to go out and try the bloody stuff to see if
you're right!!!


Like a wine tasting I went to. 300+ wines. All graded. Most winners.

Only *one* 'Not Recommended'.

Tasting notes........... "It tastes like a dead wet dog".


I was the only person at that tasting to try it.


It tasted like a dead wet dog.



And before you ask.......... don't ask.



> ordered..... BUT - the next morning we were both out in the back yard
> looking for that goddam mule that must have kicked us in the head the
> night before
>


No AGB, or chunder?


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell