South African Wine at It’s Finest

As, we were casually perusing through the abundant labels in a speciality wine store, we came across this. What a find! This might have been one of the best purchases I’ve made while in South Africa.  A wine called “Hat Trick.” The taste was just as brilliant as the label. At a heafty cost of around 300 Rand (approximately 30 USD) it was amazingly expensive compared the the wonderful wines you can get at a fraction of the price. 

So, for the Spirrsguy’s take on Welbedacht’s 2005 Hat Trick:  Full Bodied, a bit woody, lots of essence fig and berries, finishes nice, smooth and fresh on the back palate.  Excellent wine, and a good year. It’s called Hat Trick for goodness sake!

Be sure to bring one back as a WC2010 SA souvenir.  Cheers!

Thanks Giving shopping list…

So, wanted to say Happy Turkey to everyone. Since Thanks Giving is not a holiday South Africans celebrate we decided to do thanks giving like we know it and invited our unsuspecting african friends to a lustrious feast.  Now, yes, thats not all thanks giving is all about, but it was nice to introduce them to a meal so many families look forward to and partake in.  Aside from cooking a few dishes to contribute to the pot luck style dinner we had, I was also lucky enough to be apart of the beverage buying for the party. Now, what you will find here, in south africa, things are a bit cheaper when it come to purchasing power. Here’s a run down of what we purchased for a some dinner party of 15.

• 3 Six packs of SA beer
• 2 Four packs of Glorsh Beer
• 6 bottles of Red wine
• 3 bottles of white
• 3 bottles of bubbly
• 1 bottle of cream liqueur

Not bad for 60 buck huh? and yes i meant dollars.