Ihlathululo
I-Pinotage mhlobo wamaderibe wewayini ebomvu adabuka khona eSewula Afrika. Nanyana kunjalo umhlobo lo utjalwe nangenani lesibalo esincani khulu, enarheni ye-Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States kanye ne-Zimbabwe.Indabuko/Imvelaphi
UPhofesa u-Abraham Izak Perold weYunivesithi ye-Stellenbosch wathuthukisa i-Pinotage ngeminyaka yabo-1920s, ngokuhlanganaisa ne-Pinot noir kanye ne-Cinsaut (ngaphambilini ebegade yaziwa njenge-Hermitage). U-Izak Perold kubonakala kwanga begade afuna ukwenza amaderibe ngomnambitho ophambili we-Pinot kanye nomhlobo otjaleka lula khulu we-Cinsaut.
Isenzwesi sakhiqiza iimbewu ezine, kwathi u-Perola wazitjala esivandeni sekhayalakhe elisemthethweni khona e-Stellenbosch University’s Welgevallen Experimental farm. Kuthe eminyakeni emibili elandelako u-Perold wathola isikhundla e-KWV, begodu lokho kwenza bonyana ahlale isikhatjhana e-Welgevallen.
Kunamagama aveza bonyana u-Dr Charlie Niehaus, obegade amfundisi weYunivesithi omncani ngaleso isikhathi, waphephisa iimbewu le lokha isiqhema sabantu begade sithunyelwe bonyana sizokurhula besihlwengise isivande, begodu ngaleso isikhathi besele ikhulakhulile.
U-Niehaus wadlulisela imbewu leyo kuPhofesa CJ Theron, oyihloko eMnyangweni obizwa nge- Department of Viticulture and Viniculture eYunivesithi ye-Stellenbosch ngeminyaka yabo-1940s kanye nango-1950s. Imithi le yabuya yatjalwa e-Elsenburg Agricultural College kwathi ngokukhamba kwesikhathi yahlanganiswa neminye i-Richter 99 kanye ne-Richter 57, begodu lelo kwaba ngelinye itjhudu njengombana kwathi lezo esele zizidala zabanjwa bulwelwe obakatelela bonyana zoniwe. Ukuhlangiswa kwayo okuphuma phambili kwakhethwa ngehloso yokufumana iinsetjenziswa zokutjala imithi ye-Pinotage.
Amanye Amagamawo
Ukuvangwa lokhu ekuthomeni begade kubizwa nge-“Perold’ Hermitage x Pinot” begodu kuthiwa igama elithi-Herminoire latjhejwa khulu. Igama elithi-Pinotage lathathwa ngemva kobana u-Theron akhombise u-Perold imihlobo emine yemitjhana.Ukukhiqizwa kwawo eSewula Afrika
Imithi yokuthoma yokuthengiswa yathoma yatjalwa e-Myrtle Cove eduze ne-Sir Lowry’s Pass nofana e-Muratie e-Stellenbosch. Umhlobo lo wathatha isikhathi ukuthi unzinze emkhakheni, ngokuthi begade kubalimi abathathu kwaphela ebebanawo emaplasinabo ngeminyaka yabo-1950s.
Umtjali wathola idumo khulu ngemva kokuthi athumbe unongorwana wewayini ephuma phambili e- Cape Young Wine Show ngomnyaka ka-1959 nango-1961. Umlimi we-Stellenbosch wewayini waba ngewokuthoma ukusebenzisa igama elithi-Pinotage ngomyaka ka-1961, ukwenzela ukukhangisa ikutana yangomyaka ka-1959 ye-Pinotage of Bellevue Estate ngaphasi kwe- Lanzerac brand.