Welcome to another installment of RoN! This was a surprising, high acid wine that I would buy again…if my other budget buys weren’t in stock. Making it a little unexpected is the combination of SauvBlanc and Semillon grapes combined with the terroir of South Africa. I am not a fan of most S. African wines, and I have yet to experience a red from there that I can even tolerate: they tend to have a smoky profile, and the immense distance the wines have to travel can’t help the quality of the examples we get up here in the northern hemisphere. But this wine is workable, if a little crass in its presentation. Upon reflection, this may be a common critique of someone you know. Someone writing this RIGHT NOW OMG 🙋🏼‍♀️

Price: $12

Score out of 5: 🎻🎻🎻 not terrible, definitely better than “house white” but really not something I would seek out on its own. The one caveat is if you’re setting up a meal that is over the top savory or unctuous, this could really cut through the heaviness. So, for instance, one of the pairings they taught us in wine school was champagne with nachos or other creamy spicy food. I could see this wine being great contrast to a korma.