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“SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO GO WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME – AND THEY’RE ALWAYS GLAD YOU CAME ...” WENT THE LYRICS OF THE HIT TELEVISION SERIES, CHEERS. WINE CAN BE A BIT LIKE THAT TOO, FIONA MCDONALD WRITES; SOMETIMES YOU WANT A WINE THAT COMFORTS YOU WITH ITS FAMILIARITY.
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here’s a lot to be said for a known quantity: a wine that is dependable and reliable – every single time. It’s going to be as familiar as a warm, enveloping hug from a friend, its taste will comfort you and bring the memories flooding back. Of good times with good mates. All too often we lose sight of these old dependables when something new, funkier and flashier comes along. It’s only human to want the shiny new thing but we should not lose sight of some of our old treasures. The architect of the theory of relativity Albert Einstein wrote that time is an illusion. When it comes to some of South Africa’s Golden Oldies, it’s so true. Wines such as Nederburg Baronne, Chateau Libertas, Alto Rouge and KWV Roodeberg might have been around for 60 or even 80 years but they are still going strong as individual brands.
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RIGHT: Some of South Africa’s greatest wine treasures are richly fruity, warm and velvety smooth red blends that have been around for decades. RIGHT: Wines such as Nederburg Baronne, Chateau Libertas, Alto Rouge and KWV Roodeberg might have been around for 60 or even 80 years.
