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EP 590 Pinotage Wine Tasting

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.

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.

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Luca Bercelli

90/100

line of the day – ‘we want to continue to expand your palate no matter if the world is exploding outside’ and ‘this wine reminds me of Reese Witherspoon’

Good wines that surprised Gary and he’s always funny when caught off guard

Tags: Pinotage, red, review, South Africa, Video, wine, wines

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  • bill wrollcia

    QOTD?? Nelson Mandela,

    also a little sav blanc, and def big ups to the P TAGE… its not quite hanging with jay z and diddy but maybe in a few years you will be watching MTV cribs and P TAGE WILL BE THROWING YOU OUT OF ITS HOUSE???
    what do you guys think??? twitter me @wrollcia

  • bill wrollcia

    QOTD?? Nelson Mandela,

    also a little sav blanc, and def big ups to the P TAGE… its not quite hanging with jay z and diddy but maybe in a few years you will be watching MTV cribs and P TAGE WILL BE THROWING YOU OUT OF ITS HOUSE???
    what do you guys think??? twitter me @wrollcia

  • Herb

    QOTD: The great Gary Player.

  • Herb

    QOTD: The great Gary Player.

  • Hi Gary, really enjoyed the show and look forward to meeting you in Las Vegas @ Affiliate Summit. I will have to give pinotage a taste!
    Cheers, Michael

  • Hi Gary, really enjoyed the show and look forward to meeting you in Las Vegas @ Affiliate Summit. I will have to give pinotage a taste!
    Cheers, Michael

  • Ray Barnes

    This was a very good show, I have not tried a Pinotage in at least two years and am missing out on some good budget-priced wine. I hope Gary you do another South African show with maybe some higher-end offerings.

    QOTD – diamonds

  • Ray Barnes

    This was a very good show, I have not tried a Pinotage in at least two years and am missing out on some good budget-priced wine. I hope Gary you do another South African show with maybe some higher-end offerings.

    QOTD – diamonds

  • Ray Barnes

    One postscript – I wish Gary had mentioned here, as he did in his (IMHO) excellent book, that Cinsault is known in South Africa as Hermitage – hence the name of the cross.

    Those who choose to draw attention to his misread of one label and other minor errors in his videoblog, suspecting him of having too much wine, should keep in mind he is preparing to fly to San Francisco for the weekend. If he doesn’t made the odd minor mistake due to being in a hurry, he isn’t a human being. Enough complaints already!

  • Ray Barnes

    One postscript – I wish Gary had mentioned here, as he did in his (IMHO) excellent book, that Cinsault is known in South Africa as Hermitage – hence the name of the cross.

    Those who choose to draw attention to his misread of one label and other minor errors in his videoblog, suspecting him of having too much wine, should keep in mind he is preparing to fly to San Francisco for the weekend. If he doesn’t made the odd minor mistake due to being in a hurry, he isn’t a human being. Enough complaints already!

  • Grapedigger

    S.A = Pinotage!! Cool show GV…I’ve had a couple of Pinotage under 20$ and they were drinkable but nothing to write home about. The wines that you featured seems real value. It’d be great if you could feature some more expensive Pinotages on the show (20-30$) & see how these hold up against the competition.
    Cheers

  • Grapedigger

    S.A = Pinotage!! Cool show GV…I’ve had a couple of Pinotage under 20$ and they were drinkable but nothing to write home about. The wines that you featured seems real value. It’d be great if you could feature some more expensive Pinotages on the show (20-30$) & see how these hold up against the competition.
    Cheers

  • False Baaaay, not Boy but that’s no big deal. The big deal is seeing how these Pinotages fared so well. I tried some SA Pinotage about 10 years ago and it was absolutely dreadful. Glad to see the exponential improvement especially at the low price point.

    QOTD: Apartheid

    Cheers!

  • False Baaaay, not Boy but that’s no big deal. The big deal is seeing how these Pinotages fared so well. I tried some SA Pinotage about 10 years ago and it was absolutely dreadful. Glad to see the exponential improvement especially at the low price point.

    QOTD: Apartheid

    Cheers!

  • digitaldean

    Thanks a ton for the SA Pinotage episode!

    QOTD: Several things
    1.) Sebeka (first SA brand I tried – though I heard it’s owned by Gallo[?])
    2.) Springboks rugby
    3.) Stephen Biko

  • digitaldean

    Thanks a ton for the SA Pinotage episode!

    QOTD: Several things
    1.) Sebeka (first SA brand I tried – though I heard it’s owned by Gallo[?])
    2.) Springboks rugby
    3.) Stephen Biko

  • Chris in Tulsa

    QOTD: I always think of South Africa from the bad guys on Lethal Weapon and their unique accents. They have some nice wines from a continent you never would have thought about fine wines.

  • Chris in Tulsa

    QOTD: I always think of South Africa from the bad guys on Lethal Weapon and their unique accents. They have some nice wines from a continent you never would have thought about fine wines.

  • dafo

    QOTD: Nelson Mandela. One of the greatest life stories and most passionate men ever.

  • Benjamin

    QOTD Australia

    lol first thing that came to my head… terrible movie btw

  • dafo

    QOTD: Nelson Mandela. One of the greatest life stories and most passionate men ever.

  • Benjamin

    QOTD Australia

    lol first thing that came to my head… terrible movie btw

  • 4wdave

    Steen

  • 4wdave

    Steen

  • DirtWineKen

    QOTD: Stellenbosch

  • DirtWineKen

    QOTD: Stellenbosch

  • Anonymous

    QOTD: Desmond Tutu

    I am trying to remember when I last had a pinotage… Must be time to go find some.

  • Laurie in VT

    QOTD: Desmond Tutu

    I am trying to remember when I last had a pinotage… Must be time to go find some.

  • Anonymous

    QOTD: Apartheid/Mandela/Pinotage

  • David T

    QOTD: Apartheid/Mandela/Pinotage

  • Carilius Maximus

    Q.O.T.D. …Trevor Rabin…WHO????…YES- That’s who!!!
    I bet you Mott knows.

  • Carilius Maximus

    Q.O.T.D. …Trevor Rabin…WHO????…YES- That’s who!!!
    I bet you Mott knows.

  • Bobo36

    Good show. never had it. will have to score some.
    QOTD: Pinons Restaurant, Aspen. Circa, 1993?, MS in training Damon Ornowski, suggested a wine from South Africa… R U CRAZY MAN? South Africa 1993? huh. He said that if this bottle didn’t blow our doors off all the way down to the bottom, he’d buy it for us. Welp, it blew the windows out also–amazing. Since then, have not visited the continent, via wine, much in last decade.

  • Bobo36

    Good show. never had it. will have to score some.
    QOTD: Pinons Restaurant, Aspen. Circa, 1993?, MS in training Damon Ornowski, suggested a wine from South Africa… R U CRAZY MAN? South Africa 1993? huh. He said that if this bottle didn’t blow our doors off all the way down to the bottom, he’d buy it for us. Welp, it blew the windows out also–amazing. Since then, have not visited the continent, via wine, much in last decade.

  • Robert Howells

    Nelson Mandela

  • Robert Howells

    Nelson Mandela

  • Robin C

    QOTD: Leonardo di Caprio.

    I thought that pinotage tasted like smoked wildebeest.

  • Robin C

    QOTD: Leonardo di Caprio.

    I thought that pinotage tasted like smoked wildebeest.

  • i freaked out for 2 seconds cause i thought there was no question of the day.

    QOTD: AIDS. is that totally terrible?

  • i freaked out for 2 seconds cause i thought there was no question of the day.

    QOTD: AIDS. is that totally terrible?

  • Matt

    Up and coming.

  • Matt

    Up and coming.

  • rimarfish

    QOTD: Apartheid

  • rimarfish

    QOTD: Apartheid

  • chukhead-ted

    QOTD: zebra.

    gary, i think everyone would LOVE to see what your palate is feeling regarding the WS top 10 or so wines that are causing a bonanza the past month.

  • chukhead-ted

    QOTD: zebra.

    gary, i think everyone would LOVE to see what your palate is feeling regarding the WS top 10 or so wines that are causing a bonanza the past month.

  • you seem to be in an extraordinary physical and mental shape gary ! missed several shows but like a bad habit… 🙂 like the show and pinotage variety
    QOTD : brahms winery and gesie latagan i worked with years ago in limoux here in the south of France she makes georgeous wines there

  • you seem to be in an extraordinary physical and mental shape gary ! missed several shows but like a bad habit… 🙂 like the show and pinotage variety
    QOTD : brahms winery and gesie latagan i worked with years ago in limoux here in the south of France she makes georgeous wines there

  • I am happy that Pinotage did so well. They used to have some bitterness problems with Pinotage the last years, but they start to get it under control (you did not mention bitterness once).

    @ joel delon: the Brahms Shiraz was my x-mas-wine some years ago and I found it very amazing!

    When is the “Rieslings from Germany”-Epipsode coming up (and I hope you do not forget the Rheingau then)?

    Helge, Germany

  • I am happy that Pinotage did so well. They used to have some bitterness problems with Pinotage the last years, but they start to get it under control (you did not mention bitterness once).

    @ joel delon: the Brahms Shiraz was my x-mas-wine some years ago and I found it very amazing!

    When is the “Rieslings from Germany”-Epipsode coming up (and I hope you do not forget the Rheingau then)?

    Helge, Germany

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