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2009 Cloof Inkspot Vin Noir

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:05:00 -0700

@dougv: Mainly Pinotage, with a dash of Shiraz and Cinsaut, this dark plummy wine will stain your clothes if you spill it. Fruity and nice enough for a SCORE 6/10

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2009 Simonsvlei Lifestyle Cabernet Sauvignon

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:51:24 -0700

@dougv: Like driving a reasonably priced car. Affordable, dependable but won't make you tell your friends about it. Price R35 SCORE 6/10

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2009 Hartenberg Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:40:55 -0700

@dougv: Nice red blend from a 320 year-old farm. Good genes but not out of this world. Price R45 SCORE 7/10

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Great Wines - South African Group Buying for Wine (MAY/JUNE 2012 stock)

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:31:00 -0700

Hello Wine Fans! Real Time Wine is doing a trial promotion with GreatWines, a local group buying site for wine. When our new product is out, we're probably going to organise meetups and get the various "status levels" of users to help us review these wines. For now, we're using anyone that's in arms reach :)

There's some more info about Great Wines at the bottom of this post - now head on over to the site and check it out: http://www.greatwines.co.za

APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2012

STOCK AVAILABLE ON GREAT WINES

2011 Lanner Hill Sauvignon Blanc (AVERAGE SCORE 7 / 10)
- Ricardo Gouveia says: Crispy & fruity, lemon &gooseberry.Went down well lying on my fake grass! Yum 8/10
- Andy Hadfield says: Guava and gooseberry. Soft fizz to it. Not bad. 6/10

2009 Auction Crossing Syrah Viognier (AVERAGE SCORE 8 / 10)
- Andy Hadfield says: Spicy and sweet. Red berries. Never heard of it. Will totally buy it again. 8/10

2011 Kranskop Chardonnay (AVERAGE SCORE 6.3 / 10)
- Andy Hadfield says: Light smell. Taste has some serious THUD. Baseball bat of heavy wood. Strong orange zest. If you like 'em chunky. 7/10
- Andrew Farrant says: No hint of the heavy wood in the smell. But left with a pile of matches in your mouth. If you're in the mood for wood. 7/10
- Nyeleti Shirilele says: Too acidic, can't pick up the fruit. Too woody. 5/10

2010 Teddy Hall Summer Moments Chenin Blanc (AVERAGE SCORE 5 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Sorry Teddy. Not a fan of this one. Nothing wrong with it, just not for me. Too much like a Sav Blanc. Average. 5/10
- Nick Kane-Berman says: Smells quite fresh but the taste is more anti-climactic than a cold shower & the Matrix sequels. 5/10
- SJ Engelbrecht says: It's a cheap "let's get buzzed" wine. Easy drinking, but not for impressing anyone. 4/10
- Danielle Roetz says: Dit was lekker gewees, maar ek sal nie dit sommer koop nie. 6/10

2011 Noble Savage Sauvignon Blanc (AVERAGE SCORE 4.7 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Crisp and green on the sniff, sharp and buzzy on the taste. Is it meant to be like that? 5/10
- Alex Reichle says: Wet socks. 4/10
- Duncan Thokoane says: I like the bra on the bottle but not the contents. May be a bad bottle. 4/10
- Jason Turner says: Smells good and goes down just as well but has a sour aftertaste. 6/10

2011 Zorgvliet Silver Myn Sauvignon Blanc (AVERAGE SCORE 5.3 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Fresh & fruity on the sniff, light and juicy on the taste. It’s a friendly wine for time spent with friends. 6/10
- Alex Reichle says: Bang average. 5/10
- Jason Turner says: Fruity taste, but not such a good aftertaste. Could be better ☹ 5/10

2011 Louis Nel Black Forest Red Blend (AVERAGE SCORE 6.4 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Smells like something I definitely wanna try. Tastes fruity with a bit of a punch. Bring me some meat with this one. 6/10
- Alex Reichle says: Once you go black, you never go back. 7/10
- Duncan Thokoane says: Take me to a braai and hope somebody has a corkscrew. 7/10
- Jason Turner says: Wooden and bitter. Tastes like a forest. 4/10
- Alheit du Toit says: Strong smell, but tastes wonderful. 8/10

2010 Annexkloof Xenna Cabernet Sauvignon (AVERAGE SCORE 6.3 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Surprisingly fruity for what it smells like. I wonder if the warrior princess has a soft inside like this one does? 6/10
- Alex Reichle says: Smooth, sexy and suave. 8/10
- Duncan Thokoane says: Christmas cake with some ingredients missing. A once off. 5/10

2011 Howard Booysen Pegasus Cinsault (AVERAGE SCORE 7.7 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Great taste! It’s different, but pretty light. Gotta keep drinking because the taste disappears too quickly! 7/10
- Matthew Smith says: Nom nom nom! 8/10
- Duncan Thokoane says: If you want to get a pretentious girl drunk. Make up a story about it and hope to get laid. 7/10
- Jason Turner says: Reminds me of the day I lost my virginity. It’s THAT good. 9/10

2005 Marianne Pinotage (AVERAGE SCORE 8.25 / 10)
- Bryce Gillespie says: Not my style of Pinotage. Prefer them to be in the heavyweight division. 6/10
- Alex Reichle says: Smokey and elegant. 8/10
- Duncan Thokoane says: I don’t drink alone, but this one would make me break that rule! 9/10
- Jason Turner says: Brilliant. Deserves every award it’s won. I’m convinced. 10/10

2009 Arra Cabernet Sauvignon (AVERAGE SCORE 7 / 10)
- Strong fruit explosion. Sit down! If you like it strong, you'll love this. Else store it for a couple of years till it chills the @#!@ out. 7/10

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At Great Wines , we do what it says on the tin. We find and offer you great wines at great prices and we always will. Our team goes out and finds and negotiates the best prices for really good wines. We mostly spend our days discovering new boutiques wines in the wine lands of the Western Cape, scouring every small wine farm to find you wines that will delight and please the pallet.

So how does it work? Very easily actually. Each Wine Farm releases a limited amount of cases exclusively to GreatWines at a larger discount. We mark down to the maximum amount for the first week. This will generally be at least 70% of the cellar price.
This first larger discount will only be available for a week and while stock lasts (never more than 100 cases, generally less). After that, you'll be able to get the same wine at about 90% of cellar prices for another 5-6 weeks. So get them while you can.

We believe that being in and among the vineyards gives us the best position to bring you what will delight and we want to share this with you. Happy shopping but more so, enjoy every drop of Great Wine we find for you.

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Real Time Wine v2 coming in June. Sign up for the inside scoop!

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:00 -0700

Be a Real Time Wine Early Drinker (we mean adopter, but drinker sounds better). Hop on over to http://launch.realtimewine.com and sign up for our alpha launch community. Big mobile stuff coming up in June. This will get you in the loop. And you know you want to be in the loop.

-- Wino Andy

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2010 Namaqua Cabernet Sauvignon

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:20:29 -0700

Oh dear. Cooking wine. 2/10

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2009 Groote Post Reserve Chardonnay

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:18:47 -0700

The champagne of Chardonnays. Full of wood and rich zesty fruits. The Platters sticker ain't lying! 9/10

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2008 Ondine Cabernet Franc

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:16:14 -0700

One of the best happy wines out there. Fairly well priced, fruity. Goes down like mothers pants on fathers day. 8/10

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2011 Durbanville Hills Chardonnay

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:01:08 -0700

Meeeow. Cheeky glugging Chardonnay. Nothing too woody. 7/10

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2010 Anura Chardonnay

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:51:00 -0700

It'll make you believe in a better place. Thick and creamy like toffee caramel. Get it now. Seriaas. 9/10

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2011 The Wolftrap Viognier Chenin Grenache

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:38:22 -0700

@dougv: Rich and spicy on the sniff, a hint of oaky mellowness on the tongue, with a full 14% whack. Aromatic too. Price R35 SCORE 7/10

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2010 Springfield Estate Whole Berry Cab Sav

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:16:46 -0700

Love it hate it estate. Tart & sour but in an I'M ALIVE kinda way. Strong bouncy red berries 7/10

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Real Time Wine on 2OceansVibe Radio (and a 2010 Tobias Mouvedre)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:19:30 -0700

Real Time Wine stepped into the 2OceansVibe RADIO studios recently to discuss the upcoming startup and group review some Tobias Red. Yee haw!

Wino Harry presided.

From 2OV FM: Raised by Bacchus and suckled on Chenin, Harry Reginald Haddon hates kak wine. He thinks you should hate it too. Life’s too short. Once a week he will help guide you – along with Richard and Lindsay – through the world of wine with a steady hand (after the first glass of bubbly, that is) and introduce a few wines that are not kak.

Today on Wine Harry and Song we had Andy Hadfield, the founder of Real Time Wine, the social wine rating service that ignores all the wines-peak and speaks directly to the majority of wine drinkers. the drinkers who just wanna drink. The app will be coming out in a few months, and we’ll have him back to find out how it is going. But listen to the podcast to hear how we rated one wine in the Real Time Wine method. Check out the site www.realtimewine.co.za and become a wine critic today.

Click through to hear the radio show... https://www.2oceansviberadio.com/wine-harry-and-song-with-harry-haddon-21/

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