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The guys from South Africa may have connections with great
wine produces. There are some excellent wines in So. Africa.

For me, Coonawara is best that Australia offers.

To bad that Greg Norman has started to market lower
quality wines from the U.S.A. Same for Arnold Palmer.
Would Tiger Woods put his name on something that did
not appear to have real class?

Mike Weir may have a hit with his icewines?

You fail to understand the concept of marketing. Lower not low quality wines are made to increase sales to a wider audience not interested in spending 40+ dollars on a bottle of wine. I drink lower quality French reds from George Duboeuf that are outstanding at less then 12 dollars a bottle. I would never have bought a more expensive bottle- if they do. Too many vinyards are exclusionary. Wine for the people. I have had some of the Els and Frost red wines both okay- nothing to get excited about. Frost has better wines right now because his vineyards are maturing as are his barrels. Els will in time. Both a committed to the product.

As celebrity wines go- Francis Ford Coppola has made some nice over priced wines. I haven't seen a Jerry Garcia bottle of wine in a while- very mellow with good legs and a repeatable buzz.