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First US Grown Pinotage Rose

January 30, 2018March 4, 2018
jon
US Pinotage

The innovation of Pinotage wines being produced in the US continues with the first US grown Pinotage Rose from Tiny House Vineyard.  Using grapes sourced on the Sonoma Coast founder Kieran Murphy first crafted the Rose in 2016 which went

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Pinotage Vinegar

February 6, 2017
jon
US Pinotage

I first became aware of Supreme Vinegar from their Tweet saying they were working on a Pinotage Red Wine Vinegar.  I’ll admit that at the time I never gave much thought to the type of wine that is used to

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Loma Prieta 2014 Sparkling Pinotage – World’s First White Sparkling Pinotage

February 12, 2016February 14, 2016
jon
US Pinotage

Being the largest producer of Pinotage wine in the US Loma Prieta has always pushed the envelope of innovation.  With their Bodo’s Blend whining the 2013 American Wine Society’s Best Red Wine award they have set the bar for Pinotage

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Moonstone Crossing 2003 Pinotage

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016
jon
US Pinotage

Sourcing grapes from many of the finest vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Amador the winemaking team of Don Bremm and Sharon Hanks produce a wide variety of both the typical California favorites like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Zinfandel but also more unusual

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Jerome Winery 2009 Pinotage

January 21, 2016February 18, 2016
jon
US Pinotage

More than a dozen years ago the McLoughlin family purchased over 300 acres of land south of Willcox, Arizona.  The dry barren land was transformed through blood, sweat and tears into over 150 acres of beautiful wine vines that host 100

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Horton Vineyards 2005 Pinotage

January 6, 2016
jon
US Pinotage

My favorite thing since starting this blog has been to discover just how many different vineyards are planting Pinotage throughout the United States.  Horton Vineyards in Orange County, Virginia has been growing Pinotage since 1998 and released their first varietal

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Steltzner Vineyards 2007 Pinotage

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015
jon
US Pinotage

What is Pinotage doing growing in the heart of the Stags Leap District of Napa made famous by the 1976 Judgment of Paris wine tasting?  Well when your founder is Dick Steltzner you don’t necessarily play by the same rules as

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Fort Ross 2005 Pinotage

November 1, 2015
jon
US Pinotage

The 2005 vintage was challenging for many Sonoma Coast vineyards as a June rain stunted many of the berries from developing which decreasing the crop.  For the Pinotage harvest at Fort Ross it meant yield was only about half a ton an acre.

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2002 Van Der Vijver Estate Pinotage Reserve

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015
jon
US Pinotage

There are many misconceptions about Pinotage and this wine helps dispel many of them.  The first is that Pinotage is only grown in South Africa and while it is true that Pinotage was created in South Africa it is now grown

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South African Pinotage Grapes Imported

May 19, 2015May 21, 2015
jon
Industry News

Gino’s School of Wine in Hammonton, NJ working with Holt Logistics has imported what they believe are the first shipment of Pinotage Grapes ever imported into the US for the purposes of making wine. “The Pinotage variety is the next

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