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Re: Pinotage
Posted by jazz1 on April 3, 2005 at 06:27:59:
Cinsault was originally known as "Hermitage" in South Africa (although French Hermitage has none in its blend). When a South African professor crossed the grape with Pinot Noir, he therefore named it Pinotage
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