We had so many stickies to taste blind this morning, panel chair Winnie Bowman roped in the services of Groot Constantia winemaker Boela Gerber as guest judge. There were so many wines, we decided on a best value unfortified six and a ditto for fortified wines. in the case of unfortified wines, the best performers were

Thelema Riesling Late Harvest 2010 price R85.00 score 16.80
Nederburg Winemaster’s Reserve Noble Late Harvest 2013 price R90.00 score 16.50
Fleur du Cap Noble Late Harvest 2011 price R135.00 score 16.30
Perdeberg Winery Weisser Riesling Reserve 2011 Natural Sweet price R93.00 score 16.10
Glen Carlou The Welder Natural Sweet Chenin Blanc 2012 price R94.00 score 15.60
Orange River Straw Wine 2014 price R95.00 score 15.50

The correlation between price and score was an incredible 0.76 which means that SA producers have got the prices right for the quality.

Waving our RECM Best Value wand and the top six bargains are

Thelema Riesling Late Harvest 2010 price R85.00 value R135.00 score 16.80
Aan de Doorns Muscat d’Alexandrie 2013 price R41.00 value R60.00 score 14.70
Obikwa Moscato 2014 Natural Sweet price R30.00 value R41.00 score 14.20
De Krans Muscat de Frontignan 2015 price R60.00 value R75.00 score 15.20
Perdeberg Chenin Blanc Natural Sweet 2014 price R69.00 value R85.00 score 15.30
Drostdy-Hof Adelpracht 2014 Special Late Harvest price R40.00 value
R43.00 score 14.30