In de mailbox van Jeremy Walker:The July 2007 edition of Wineland / Wynland included an article headed “Spot the Pinotage” – interesting stuff. An overview of the article follows below:
Tired of the constant sniping at Pinotge on the UK Wine Forum (www.wine-pages.com/forum) from those who say they dislike the variety, Keith Prothero bet all-comers that they could not detect a Pinotage when tasted blind with other wines.
A crazy comparison – but I was quite amused to read about this “Spot the Pinotage” tasting that was held recently in the UK. The bets were on (£200 prize) for any tasters who could spot the Pinotage in a line-up of 12 international wines that included classics such as Château Mouton-Rothschild, Clos Vougeot, Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle and Ornellaia. Apparently the task at hand – to pick out the lone Pinotage (Grangehurst 2000) – “proved harder than they thought”.
Only two of the ten tasters correctly identified the Pinotage. One wine-lover thought Grangehurst 2000 Pinotage was Mouton-Rothschild while another picked it as the Wine of the Night – and commented “maybe a very good Hermitage?”. Hopefully this will encourage the anti-Pinotage contingent of wine drinkers to have a more open-minded approach to Pinotage!
Tired of the constant sniping at Pinotge on the UK Wine Forum (www.wine-pages.com/forum) from those who say they dislike the variety, Keith Prothero bet all-comers that they could not detect a Pinotage when tasted blind with other wines.
A crazy comparison – but I was quite amused to read about this “Spot the Pinotage” tasting that was held recently in the UK. The bets were on (£200 prize) for any tasters who could spot the Pinotage in a line-up of 12 international wines that included classics such as Château Mouton-Rothschild, Clos Vougeot, Jaboulet Hermitage La Chapelle and Ornellaia. Apparently the task at hand – to pick out the lone Pinotage (Grangehurst 2000) – “proved harder than they thought”.
Only two of the ten tasters correctly identified the Pinotage. One wine-lover thought Grangehurst 2000 Pinotage was Mouton-Rothschild while another picked it as the Wine of the Night – and commented “maybe a very good Hermitage?”. Hopefully this will encourage the anti-Pinotage contingent of wine drinkers to have a more open-minded approach to Pinotage!
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Udo ,
Leuk bericht ! maar bovenal natuurlijk een heerlijke wijn
Ronald Heijden
The original article in Wynland Magazine was written by me; to read the full article including the list of wines in the challenge see http://www.pinotage.org/2007/08/pinotage-pebbles.html
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