A Minute of Wine

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Winemaker Bertus Fourie practically invented a new style of wines with his “Coffee Pinotage”, and in this film Michael tastes his 2009 Barista Pinotage, from Val de Vie. Bertus talks to us about the technique behind achieving this unique flavour profile, highlighting the fact that it can only be obtained with Pinotage.

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Michael tastes the 2009 Pinotage with a splash of Petit Verdot from Bellingham.

While visiting the Bergkelder in Stellenbosch, Michael had the opportunity to re-taste the Jacobsdal Pinotage 2005…

The harvest report finally catches up with some pinotage with Martin Meinert, on his beautiful farm in the Devon Valley. In part 1 of this two part episode, Martin discusses how to keep the “funkiness” out of the wine…