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30 June 2008
2008 Pinotage vintage is looking good
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The 2008 Pinotage vintage is looking good is the verdict from the annual tasting of tank samples from around the Cape, with flavours of plum...
27 June 2008
10 Years Ago
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In the Pinotage Club June 1998 Newsletter we were reporting that Kanonkop were not releasing their 2006 vintage and that Magnotta in Ontario...
24 June 2008
Top 10 Cut-off is 9 July
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Entries for the annual Pinotage Top 10 Competition must be in by 9 July. The competition, organised by the Pinotage Association and sponsore...
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23 June 2008
Bag a Trip to Arniston Bay
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If you fancy sitting on Arniston Bay (pictured left*) and you live in the UK then don't delay. The sands are powder white, the beach i...
22 June 2008
Fab Fizz From FirstCape
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"The best fizz around at the moment is the surprise bottle; a delightful pink South African based on the red Pinotage grape. Looks comm...
19 June 2008
Kanonkop 2006 - Tasting Good
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Kanonkop owner Johann Krige (pictured right) was pouring the newly released 2006 vintages of Pinotage and Kadette Cape Blend at last months...
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14 June 2008
Quote of the Month - June
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"I get a great thrill from being able to nip into the cellar and come out with a bottle that is probably the only one in Britain, maybe...
12 June 2008
Visiting Grayhaven
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Grayhaven Winery is one of three wineries in the state of Virginia, USA growing and making Pinotage. Virginia Vine Spot 's Dezel Quille...
10 June 2008
Guy Webber's 'South African-ism’
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"I’m not trying to make Pinotage better, just trying to give it a spin,” says Guy Webber, uncorking an unlabelled bottle. “You don’t wa...
07 June 2008
Cape Blend inspires Cyprus
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I didn't know before but Cyprus is a rare country, like Chile, free of the scourge of Phylloxera and therefore able to grow vines on the...
05 June 2008
Pendock's Six P's
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Leading South African wine writer Neil Pendock has become a wine maker. He writes in his Johannesburg Sunday Times blog "Having bought...
03 June 2008
Pinotage on Tap in Plettenberg
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Diemersfontein are staging one of their popular Pinotage on Tap events at Plettenberg Bay on Sunday 29th June at the Beacon Island Timeshare...
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02 June 2008
From Goat to Wolf
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Painted Wolf Wines is a brand new venture from Jeremy and Emma Borg. I first met Jeremy many years ago when he was with Fairview Winery for...
31 May 2008
Decanter Trophy for Kanonkop
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Kanonkop Pinotage 2004 won the Decanter 2008 World Wine Awards 2008 Trophy for 'South African Red Single Varietal Over £10' and Sout...
29 May 2008
Warwick Plants Worlds Most Advanced Pinotage Vineyard
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Warwick Estate ’s Cape Blend, Three Cape Ladies, accounts for a third of the estate’s sales. That means, Mike Ratcliffe (pictured left in Wa...
26 May 2008
Café Culture wins at Vinnordic
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Congratulations to Café Culture – KWV’s coffee accented Pinotage –which has won the award for Best Red Wine in its price category at the V...
23 May 2008
Sunrise for Lathithá
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Lathithá aims to “Get to my people”, those black South Africans, says Sheila Hlanjwa, (pictured right) who think “wine is not for us – it’s...
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18 May 2008
Clos Malverne are Pressing On!
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There was a big hole in front of Clos Malverne when I visited in February and a new dynamism about this venerable specialist Pinotage winer...
15 May 2008
Pinotage is Golden in California
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Pinotage is the favourite South Africa wine with California consumers. Nielsen figures show that Golden Kaan’s Pinotage is the top selling S...
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13 May 2008
M'Hudi
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Shortly after arriving in the Cape I received the following email. It may be that you come from the UK, in which case you have been denied t...
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