(Box) Wine Tasting

We are getting to the point where we have to start packing (sensibly) for our African trip which is now less than a month away. But, as you well know, going anywhere WITH Carl-Hein and WITHOUT wine would be a howler (literally and figuratively I guess).

So, similar to the in-flight wine selection process for airlines, we held a blind wine tasting of (boxed) wine to select appropriate vintages and suppliers and colour and sized boxes to fit into the kombi towards the 1 ton weight allowance we have. And invited assistance from those of our friends we thought may be able to guide our box wine selection process ;-)

In the category "Red, Redish or Red-like" two wines outperformed the rest with an overwhelming vote. The winner: Woolworths Longmarket MERLOT (please note the Shiraz of the same came rock bottom last) and close Second: Versus Red in a convenient carry bag and 'low carbon footprint'

In the white watery bananary category not a single option could justify the fridge space required.

PS A special note to the calorie conscious: the Weighless approved Namaqualand lite red is not worth the reduced kilojoules by any stretch of the imagination i.e. even though you may be allowed to drink more thereof you would not want to.

Many, many thanks to everyone who bravely assisted. Your gout, headaches and morning after crap wine misery is greatly appreciated!