3 DeTrafford

One of the best winemakers and smallest is De Trafford in the "Golden Triangle" of Stellenbosch South Africa.

Tiny, with only 3000 cases made, and meticulous and enormous quality for the price, David De Trafford makes some of the best bang for the buck wines in the world. Tonight I tried 3: Caberent Sauvignon, that most in my party thought was great Bordeaux even after they saw the label, the Blueprint Shiraz, generally thought to be not as good, but was amazing with the barbqued ribs and his dessert wine the Vin de Paille aka Straw Wine, which I am shocked to the flavor and quality.

Each of these wines is between 40 and 50 a bottle, the dessert wine is $44.99 a half bottle. World class wines that will continue to benefit from aging, but are truly delicious right now.