Is “Pinotage” the same as “Pinot”?

So, is "Pinotage" a "Pinot"? Well, yes and no.  Pinot (or more properly Pinot Noir) is a parent of Pinotage, but is definitely not the same thing.  Pinotage is actually the result of cross-breeding of the Pinot Noir grape and the Cinsault grape to make something completely new and different. In 1925, South African scientist …

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