Best Value Award For Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown
Thursday, 29 August, 2013
Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown
Sedgwick’s
Original Old Brown, South Africa’s most iconic fortified wine, has
received the best value award for the sherry-styled
category at the Ramsay Media’s Best Value Awards and has been included
in the 2014
Best Value Wine Guide.
The
Best Value Wine Guide showcases a wide spectrum of wine styles
available at R80 and under. All entries for the annual Best Value Awards
competition are tasted blind by a panel of distinguished judges.
The
full-bodied, dark and rich taste of Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown has
secured a special place amongst South Africans since
its launch in 1916 making it South Africa’s first Old Brown produced.
Affectionately known as Obies, it is made in the Spanish Oloroso style
with a slightly sweet taste and a distinctive nutty-brown colour.
It is synonymous with braai, camping weekends, winter dinner parties and outdoor festivals, and has a habit of popping up in
memories of great moments shared with friends and good food.
Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown was first produced in the late 1800s and named after Captain James Sedgwick,
who made the Cape his home after retiring from the sea. After opening a tavern, the Captain’s Rooms, he started
trading
in liquor products, including fortified wines, as well as cigars and
tobacco. This led to the establishment of the company J Sedgwick and Co.
After
his death, Sedgwick’s sons took over the business which grew rapidly to
eventually include the creation of new products. One of these was a
fortified wine which they called Old Brown Sherry.
Sedgwick’s Original Old Brown is available nationwide and retails for about R32 per bottle.