Foreign wines in local shops

South Africa has great wines, but not a lot of places to try things other than local produce.

Maybe that's why other wine countries (and consumer countries like the UK) sometimes get nasty about South Africa; perhaps it bothers them that our wines are so good that South Africans don't bother with R150 French Plonk! :P

Enough with the ribbing, there are some great wines from around the world which we let ourselves down if we don't explore, and sadly in South Africa that means, more often than not, finding stores which sell foreign wines at a bit of a premium.

One such store and cellar is, Wine Cellar, http://www.winecellar.co.za/, in Observatory in Cape Town. There is good wine, there is great wine, and then their is over priced wine.

I don't know if the Wine Cellar's wine is overpriced, I'd like to go to one of their legendary tastings before deciding on that;

That said, they have an AMAZING range of French and other nations' wines. That sort of range deserves to go at a bit of a premium, and Sian and I look forward to going for a tasting there soonest (i.e. when the wallet allows!)

Once we know more about this business, and its cellaring, I look forward to giving a full report.