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Decisions, decisions...
Here are the wines that I have purchased at various wineries in the Cape Winelands over the past 2 weekends. Today is Wednesday and we fly out of here on Saturday night. Now I have to decide how much to drink while here in South Africa before having to pack all of this into my wife and my 4 suitcase. We packed lightly and brought big bags so we could load them up but this will take some planning. You need some clothes to wrap the bottles with and to fill the voids int he bags but the goal is not to go over 23kg or about 50lbs per bag. If the 4 of us dine out the remaining evenings and BYOB and pay the incredibly cheap $2.50 or so for corkage we can probably drink between 1-2 bottles per night which is 6 bottles. We could also split a bottle or so at lunch at the game reserve we are going to so that should leave about 12-14 bottles to pack.
Yes, I think that is possible... I love a challenge!
The goal is not to exceed the weight limit or have to add another bag because the charges at the airport are pretty steep and that would defeat the logic of buying these hard to find and great priced wines and bringing them home for the collection. Incidentally, the lowest priced wine I purchaced was about $2.50/bottle and the most expensive was one at $22.00 which is way cheaper then anything from Napa or even the duty free in Europe.
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