Best Value Wine Guide 2010

In this guide, Value Awards are presented for top-scoring wines on a 10-point Value scale, which takes into account the quality of the wine in relation to the price it sells for. There are many other wines reviewed in the guide that rate as well or better on quality but cost more, and all represent good value below the R60 price ceiling… A total of 1093 wines were considered for inclusion in the 2010 Best Value Wine Guide, with the 384 chosen wines ranging in quality from ‘appealing’ to ‘very good’ and ‘excellent’.

Good Value Rating System – from 1 to 10
The parameters in determining a Value rating for each wine in this guide were:
A The quality of the wine (Star rating)
B The retail selling price per 750ml
C The average price of the wines according to the category of wine and taking packaging into account

The Value rating is determined as follows: A × (C ÷ B). This is then factored so that the top-scoring wines are given a Value rating of 10, after which other scores are similarly factored to give a Value rating out of 10 for each wine.

The 2010 Best Value Wine Guide showcases the best wines entered for WINE magazine's Value Awards.

• 1093 wines entered in competition.
• 384 wines judged Best Value at under R60 a bottle.
• 48 wines win Value Awards, 20 of them rated 3 Stars plus.

Best bang for your bang

• 384 wines under R60 a bottle and 369 wines under R55.
• 340 wines under R50 a bottle and 302 wines under R45.
• 257 wines under R40 a bottle and 201 wines under R35.
• 128 wines under R30 a bottle and 49 wines under R25.

Click the link below to download the Best Value Wine Guide 2010 results.

Best Value Wine Guide 2010 results (4.79mb)