leona Posted May 28, 2014 Share has anyone tried it? i don't drink at all but having asked around I'm getting the impression that a wine that is a week old when it goes in the bottle isn't going to be terribly nice. i was really hoping that it would be grape juice so i could drink it. before i decide who to pass it on to, i was wondering if anyone has opened theirs? either i give it to someone i like or someone i don't see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EdEdEd Posted May 28, 2014 Share What wine is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leona Posted May 28, 2014 Share We rode over grapes in the prologue and after you got your finishers medal u got a bottle of wine 'pressed by bikes' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmytrap Posted May 28, 2014 Share No wine can be made in a week. My understanding is that the riders of either next year or 2016 will be receiving the bottles made from the pressed grapes of this year? GLuvsMtb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted May 28, 2014 Share Remember going through this release from CE ... “We picked them late last night so that they were nice and cold,” explained Meerendal cellar master Liza Goodwin. “Afterwards we’ll let them ferment for two days and we’ll bottle the wine on Wednesday.”This would require a process to stop the fermentation on Tuesday and the addition of some “normal mix” to make the wine less sweet – the short fermentation period would produce a “sweetish red”.http://www.treadmtb.co.za/absa-cape-epic-riders-wine-route/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted May 28, 2014 Share Life is too short to drink bad wine. ians H2Sport, DIPSLICK, white tiger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Unit Posted May 29, 2014 Share I have finished both bottles (mine and my wifes) and they were fine. That said, my standards are very low... Firemeister and G e r h a r d Odendaal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Unit Posted May 29, 2014 Share Life is too short to drink bad wine. Actually, I work with 'Life's too short to ride **** bikes'. Blackbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EdEdEd Posted May 29, 2014 Share We rode over grapes in the prologue and after you got your finishers medal u got a bottle of wine 'pressed by bikes'Ooh, rubber wine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie Posted May 29, 2014 Share Rather keep it as a memento....do not open. Blackbeard and GoLefty!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waveduke Posted May 31, 2014 Share I tried the wine and it was not to my liking.It's rather on the sweet side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaco-fiets Posted May 31, 2014 Share It normally takes a day or 2 before the juice starts fermenting. They basically stopped fermentation by probably adding some preservative or some other way. Effectively they just added a small bit of juice to lower cost bulk wine and stuffed that into a bottle. That is what I call anyway thinking of the timespan they had Edited May 31, 2014 by Jaco-fiets GoLefty!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted May 31, 2014 Share It normally takes a day or 2 before the juice starts fermenting. They basically stopped fermentation by probably adding some preservative or some other way. Effectively they just added a small bit of juice to lower cost bulk wine and stuffed that into a bottle. That is what I call anyway thinking of the timespan they had That might explain why the label says 2012 on the back and 2014 on the front.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted May 31, 2014 Share We rode over grapes in the prologue and after you got your finishers medal u got a bottle of wine 'pressed by bikes' gimmick GLuvsMtb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leona Posted June 4, 2014 Share i wish it could have just been grape juice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted June 4, 2014 Share My standards for wine. Must have a screw top (who has time for corks) Must be redMust be under R80 (found some real gems at the NBS & Checkers) G e r h a r d Odendaal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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