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As you may or may not know (you should), I was invited to the 'Winemaker's Choice Diamond Awards' about a month back (article here). I put on my sophisticated face and pulled through for an evening of wine, music, culture and dance. You should be picturing me at this stage, goblet in hand, LYING to someone about the smooth woody taste sensation I am experiencing from this PARTICULAR merlot. Jokes aside, it was a glittering affair. There were about 250 people with all the right snacks and entertainment in place. Singers, diamonds everywhere, sushi (that's right) and cute little angel waitresses. I even hit the dance floor if I remember correctly - which I cannot (such was the success of the evening).

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I must say, I do enjoy a good tasting wine. There were some damn good wines at the evening and I did get someone's number to organise a couple of cases to be delivered to Villa Seth. Just this week I gave the guy a call and suggested that they make some sort of a website where all the winning wines can be purchased. Well I'm buggered! (not literally) They've done it already! Honestly, I'm pretty impressed with these guys. ALL the wines are there for online ordering (Visa, Master card etc.) and they can deliver it for R28. No matter how much you order, it will always be R28. The wines themselves are pretty well priced as well. A case of the winning 'Trophy Red Wine', the Boschkloof Syrah, works out to something like R70 a bottle. I'm fine with that.

Check out the website at www.eWinemakerschoice.co.za

The nice thing about these guys is you know you're getting good wine. There's a lot of crap on the shelves these days and you can't choose by price anymore. You also can't just assume that all the wine that Giovanni's stocks is good! Check out my original article and you'll see what I said about the way these wines are judged - probably the most fair method I've ever come across. That said, if you buy from their website you're assured of drinking pleasure. Personally, I have just ordered a case of that Boschkloof and a case of the Saronsberg Sauvignon Blanc. I'll let you know what they're like.

Happy drinking, friends. Cheers! Cheers! (cling cling of glasses). EYES! EYES! CHEERS (cling cling), EEEEEYES !!!!

Seth Rotherham
Editor
2oceansvibe.com
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