How Do You Identify South African Wines?
South Africa has been producing some amazing wines over the last few decades. They still consider themselves a new wine market in comparison to the traditional age-old regions of Italy, France and Germany, but they actually have been making wines since the 1600’s. With the country often in turmoil and a lack of regulations in the wine-making process, wines were overproduced some years and gallons just poured down the drain. Organization led to standards being set, and quality wines have started to come out of the region. Look at the price tag. South African wines are known for being inexpensive. It was their way of getting into the market and it was quite successful. One of the main image problems of marketing South African wines has been that many wine connoisseurs tend to equate higher prices with higher quality of wines. Taste the wine for strong flavors of fruit that almost explode in your mouth. With the hot and dry climate of South Africa, the fruit flavor is quite pronounced. Th
