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Re: Thanks for the reply

Posted by jazz1 on March 27, 2005 at 06:07:41:
For those of you that don't know, pinotage is the result of grafting pinot noir and hermitage vines.
Pinotage is still popular especially amongst the boutique wineries
where they are trying to make something good and different.
I believe that pinotage has been produced in New Zealand.
The use of American oak is popular amongst pinotage producers.
Some very good pinotages have been made but again I do not think that a great wine will ever be born out of pinotage.
When visiting Boston last year I noticed that Beyerskloof Pinotage was available in a few stores, it is a relatively inexpansive wine
around 10$ but very representative of what pinotage is all about.
It is made by Beyers Truter the famous wine maker from Kanonkop
which are the people that put South African pinotage on the world map.
Beyers Truter was voted as Wine maker of the year (94) for the Kanonkop Bordeaux blend "Paul Sauer" by winning the Comtesse Pichon Lalande trophy. "Best wine in the world" (I don't agree)
Beyers is a great character.
Get yourself a bottle of Beyerskloof pinotage, different, drinkable and interesting
jazz1