Interestingly enough, signature or no, Pinotage is not the country’s most widely planted red grape; it’s third ... so picking decisions must be made on a dime. Likewise, the juice ferments ...

which must have been heartbreaking for South African wine producers. Pinotage is a grape that is a cross between pinot noir and cinsault (Hermitage) and was created in 1925 by Abraham Izak Perold ...

I must lay my own cards on the table and admit, more often than not, I have found myself in the latter camp. Pinotage is seldom a grape variety that finds its way onto my dinner table.

So, may we suggest a Pinotage pilgrimage this winter? You can visit for a day or book into the gracious, historic Lanzerac ...

Pinotage is South Africa's signature red grape variety, and tastes something like a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault. This Pinotage was 30% aged in oak for 9 months, and has notes of ...

As a stain on its character slowly fades, a relative unknown — pinotage — is starting to emerge as a must-try wine ... the most planted grape varietal in South Africa.

Years later, pinotage remains a love-it-or-hate-it grape variety, but the ninth annual Pinotage Day on Oct. 14 hopes to cast South Africa’s signature grape variety in a different light.

It seems to beg for other grape varieties to give it more depth and character. We did enjoy the 2017 21 Gables Pinotage ($38) but preferred the blended 2020 Neethlingshof Estate “The Owl Post ...

Of all the days that have been created to celebrate grape varieties, perhaps one of the more obscure is International Pinotage Day which ... better than a weed. I must lay my own cards on the ...