The South Africans say it is their national grape – and they have the right to – they invented it! It’s Pinotage and it’s celebrating it’s 100th birthday this year!
‘Pinotage has a heritage and richness culturally in South Africa.’ Tom Surgey.
Watch Oz and Tom as they celebrate this milestone by tasting through a range of Pinotage from Stellenbosch’s Bellevue in the glorious surroundings of The Pig in the South Downs for the next in WineAlive’s Autumn Sipping Series.
Guardians of the Pinotage legacy, Bellevue Estate create perfect exemplars of South Africa’s own grape variety and Oz and Tom tasted the following:
Bellevue, Atticus (Cape Blend) Estate Collection 2024, Stellenbosch, South Africa
RRP: £22.99
Stockists: Jeroboams, Hayword Brothers, Sandhams Wine Merchants, Vivino
Bellevue, Pinotage Estate Collection 2020, Stellenbosch, South Africa
RRP: £17.50 to £18.95
Stockists: Jeroboams, Hayword Brothers, Sandham Wine Merchants,
Bellevue, Pinotage Reserve Collection 2021, Stellenbosch, South Africa
RRP: £29.99
Stockists: Jeroboams, Hayword Brothers, Sandhams Wine Merchants, The Wine Rack
Bellevue, Pinotage Heritage Collection 2021, Stellenbosch, South Africa
RRP: £85.00
Stockists: Hayword Brothers, Sandhams Wine Merchants,
Other blogs and videos in the WineAlive Autumn Sipping Series with Oz Clarke and Tom Surgey, to be released over the next few weeks include Matching Wine to Autumn Food, No & Low – 3 ways, Autumn Sparkle and Gin Cocktails for Autumn – see them as they are posted here:
Catch WineAlive’s full Autumn Sipping series on YouTube at @wine-alive
