{"id":484,"date":"2014-08-19T23:23:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T21:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=484"},"modified":"2014-08-20T14:42:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:42:41","slug":"4th-street-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/4th-street-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Street Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cKayli, what are those on your desk?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI dunno\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you tasted them yet?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019m scared\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they look like fun\u2026 and hangover\u201d<\/p>\n

Just after they first went to market, I was sent a whole bunch of 4th<\/sup> Street Wine 300ml bottles. As pretty as they are, I kinda just stared at them for a while, not really knowing exactly when I should drink them.<\/p>\n

On the press release it said that they, \u201cinvite consumers to enjoy an array of new wine-drinking occasions, made possible by single serve convenience\u201d.\u00a0 BUT WHEN? WHEN SHOULD I DRINK WINE OUT OF A LITTLE BOTTLE?<\/p>\n

So (don\u2019t hate me 4th<\/sup> Street) I forgot about them in my fridge.<\/p>\n

And then I was invited to their official launch and I remembered them again. Upon arrival to their 50s themed party of note, I tried one for the very first time. At first my face kinda scrunched up. But then I went in for another sip. And it wasn\u2019t bad. The third sip was even better. And the fourth? Well, it was easy.<\/p>\n

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For wine drinkers who aren\u2019t in to sweet wines, they take a bit getting used to. But for someone who likes them sweet, or doesn\u2019t drink wine because it\u2019s too strong, these lightly sparkled sweet wines, are a good starting point.<\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t made for dinner parties. They\u2019re made for parties, for fun, for picnics, for hot afternoons on your balcony when you want to drink something light, but don\u2019t want to get drunk. They\u2019re more in the territory of a Brutal Fruit or a Spritzer (again, don\u2019t hate me 4th<\/sup> Street). The clich\u00e9 \u201cchick drink\u201d, that you see plenty men drinking quietly in the corner.<\/p>\n