![David Trafford, owner/winemaker de Trafford Wines](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09bCdvF93U2coPTlp1uzCN2V3b6kTSsF2bOLnSOYRV0x6df1-MI5bmzZbWgurTi9KRPJsa8UcTLayA2mKl-Rk47MD0Up59zkXbCQ0b_0HCUvFlmWQVfoB5YefGDRiP2FK-5Oq/s200/trafforddavid1.jpg)
Harpers quotes David Trafford (de Trafford Wines - pictured right) saying “It’s a grape for wine anoraks – you have to go through a lot of bad Pinotages to find a good one. Even when you get a good Pinotage right, it goes through funny stages in the bottle and could look pretty dumb.”
![Louis Nel - winemaker at Warwick Estate](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDM4mMm5V-7dkKi7O2NEzv9LWhWGesPojjVW9eDzJKbEcWv7tY_wvXvhNWtVZQq5e9gWR6IJPFFKLfKy0O-EYvxqpqBZjMwB5oGeBFRjIbMqyPfCrz3ph6vKA3UWJQYPh1onj/s200/nellouis1.jpg)
Call me biased, but I reckon you could change the word Pinotage for Pinot Noir in David Trafford’s statement and it would be just as valid.
Harpers is a UK weekly trade magazine
Couldnt agree with you more Pete.
ReplyDeleteI just can't agree that there is so much "bad" Pinotage out there. We get a fair bit at Vintages in Ontario, Canada, and in fact I would say that the ones that have been internationalized are the "worse" ones - no flavour, sweetish, purposely inoffensive. I think that many folks who have a say have a view of what is pleasant that doesn't always jibe with the kind of aromas that Pinotage can produce. As long as there is choice for all and a diversity of styles, then all should be well!
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