Pinotage Wine Tasting – Episode #590

December 4, 2008

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South Africa is very proud of the Pinotage grape and today Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 value driven Pinotage wines on the thunder Show to see how they fare.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Nederberg PinotageSouth African Pinotage
2007 Lion Hunt PinotageSouth African Pinotage
2006 False Bay PinotageSouth African Pinotage

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

• The Fort Mason Party

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1. December 4, 2008

   Bobbito

   Pinotage? That has to be Kanonkop, in any vintage, and it’ll put all the band-aid and burnt rubber naysayers in their place…

2. December 4, 2008

   Marshall

   Three Mistakes
   1.Pinotage is a crossing, not a clone.
   2.It’s “False Bay,” not Boy.
   3.One of the wines is a 2007.

3. December 4, 2008

   Smahlatz

   Oh yeah – False Boy?? what’s going on Gary? That could be false bAy – anyway, I found it highly amusing

4. December 4, 2008

   CindyW

   QOTD: after discarding wine & pinotage, Nelson Mandela

   I’ve enjoyed most of the pinotages I’ve tried, some more than others (like any wine). We’ve got 4 or 5 in the cellar — maybe I’ll pop one for dinner tonight.

5. December 4, 2008

   David Dadekian

   QOTD: Ingrid

6. December 4, 2008

   Smahlatz

   QOTD : Overrated. Thinking of their Rugby and cricket teams, they though they would beat everyone after apartheid – they were very good, but not as good as they thought.

7. December 4, 2008

   Davo

   Boekenhoutskloof makes a nice, affordable Syrah and a Pinotage with mucho banana.

   QOTD: Gold

8. December 4, 2008

   Withnail

   QOTD: Crime

9. December 4, 2008

   Susan

   Gary & Chris, LOVE the energy in this episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. December 4, 2008

    damon

    love the word assosiation

    gotta go with

    WILD

11. December 4, 2008

    Niklas

    This was fantastic episode GV, thanks! Pinotage is really one of the best grapes when it is been handled right in vineyards and cellars. The aging potential is huge for Pinotage. And please, more South Africa, the best red wines come from there with reasonable price level – so far.

12. December 4, 2008

    Cameron W

    Cool show, I’ll have to try a Pinotage sometime here.

    QOTD: Nelson Mandela

13. December 4, 2008

    Reeve

    I think Gary may have tasted a few too many wines before this show… just saying.

14. December 4, 2008

    Susan

    Pinotage!!!! Hum…………………………..might want to use spell check!!!!!!!!

15. December 4, 2008

    my2cents

    Thanks for the heads up on a wine I have not tried yet.

    Is it pronounced Pino-Tage’? At that price point they sell it at Tar-get’.

    I also heard false “boy”, does sound like a b movie. Thankfully it was a real wine and not a false one. Even if banana and wine were mentioned in the same sentence. Eeew!

    QOTD – Lethal weapon 2 1989. The bad guys were white “south Africans”.

16. December 4, 2008

    Susan

    Mix it up!!!!!!!!!!! ……………………….Mix it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!

17. December 4, 2008

    manonthemoon

    Pinotage, I think I just threw up a little bit.

    QOTD: Like others I think of apartheit and wine that you couldn’t pay me to drink (besides the De Torem, which is okay).

18. December 4, 2008

    Susan

    Karl?????? Karl who?????? RU Still alive????????? Ken P??????????? WOW!!!!!!!!! This must be some episode……….. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

19. December 4, 2008

    Karl Laczko

    Nice to see some S.A. appreciation, good show.

    QOTD – Nelson Mandela, Boers, The Cape, good wine!

20. December 4, 2008

    Patt

    Pintoage Wine Tasting – Episode #590 ???

    Pinotage, maybe???

21. December 4, 2008

    jimkay

    Had the Southern Right Pinotage earlier this year. nice wine, didn’t get the burnt rubber taste people talk about with Pinotage

22. December 4, 2008

    Jay Campbell

    Two things.

    1) That’s awesome that you did a show on this because I was in a wine shop the other day and the dude couldn’t tell me a thing about Pinotage.

    2) You were absolutely swimming in that shirt.

23. December 4, 2008

    italianwinelover

    QOTD: Nelson Mandella – Apartheid. sad state of affairs.

    Not a big fan of Pinotage…recently tried the 2006 Indaba, not bad but no repeat. Maybe a different vintage would be better like you said.

24. December 4, 2008

    crank

    I’m in.
    Pinotage, Pintoage, its all the same to me.

25. December 4, 2008

    BobZ

    Have only had one pinotage (J Winery), but I really liked it. I’m gonna check out some more for sure.

    QOTD – North Africa

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