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.
