Nhlamuselo
Pinotage iwayeni yotshwuka leyi nga tumbuluka laha tikweni ra Afrika Dzonga. Yitlhele yi byariwa hinhlayo leyintsongo swinene, ematikweni ya Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, tiko ra United States na Zimbabwe.Ntumbuluko
Professor Abraham Izak Perold wa yunivhesithi ya Stellenbosch u tumbuluxe Pinotage himalembe yava 1920s, leswi anga swiendla hikuva kuhlanganisiwa mbewu ya Pinot noir na Cinsaut (leyi khale ayitiveka hi Hermitage). Nkulukumba Perold uvikiwa leswaku alavaku endla diriva leri ngana nantswo wa matimba wa Pinot xikanwe na swikhedzakhedzani swa Cinsaut.
Mpfanganyiso lowu wa timbewu wuhumese timbewu ta mune, leti Perold anga tibyala e xirhapeni xa muti wakwe epurasini ra Stellenbosch University’s Welgevallen Experimental. Perold endzhaku ka malembe mambirhi uvuye a kuma ntirho eka KWV, leswi nga endla leswaku laha atshama kona e Welgevallen, kungaha tshami munhu kuringana nkarhi woleha.
Swiviko swivula leswaku Dr Charlie Niehaus, loyi ahiri muleteri lontsongo, u ponisile swimilani leswintsongo eka ntlawa lowu awu rhumeriwile kuya basisa xirhapa eka vutshamo lebyiya lexi axi tlhumile swinene hinkarhi wakona. Niehaus u teke swimilani leswi aswinyika Professor CJ Theron, loyi ari nhloko ya ndzawulo ya Viticulture na Viniculture e yunivhesithi ya Stellenbosch himalembe yava 1940s na 1950s.
Masimu yatlhele ya tumbuluxiwa nakambe e Elsenburg Agricultural College laha yanga vuya yakurisiwa eka Richter 99 na Richter 57, leswi aswitekiwa tani hinkateko lowukulu swinene hikuva lomu aku rimiwe kona khale se aku hlaseriwile hi mavabyi leswi nga endla leswaku masimu ya herisiwa. Ku vuye ku hlawuriwa swimila swinwana leswinga vuya switswala masimu yati Pinotage.
Mavito ya Nwana
Nkatsakanyo lowu wa timbewu awu tiviwa tani hi “Perold’ Hermitage x Pinot” naswona kuvikiwa leswaku vito leri ra Herminoire ri vuye ritekeriwa enhlokweni swinene. Kasi lera Pinotage rivikiwa kuva ritirhisiwe loko nkulukumba Theron atava a kombe Perold masimu ya mune ya madiriva.Kuhumelerisiwa e Afrika Dzonga
Masimu yosungula laha aku byariwe madiriva hixikongomelo yo endla bindzu swinga endleka ayari Myrtle Cove kusuhi nale Sir Lowry’s Pass kumbe e Muratie e Stellenbosch. Swimilani leswi switeke nkarhi swinene kuva ya teka xiave, laha akuri na vanwamapurasi vanharhu lava avari naswona hiva 1950s.
Yivuye yi duma swinene endzhaku kaloko yitava yi bukute sagwadi ra wayeni ya kahle swinene eka Cape Young Wine Show hi 1959 na 1961. Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery akuri yona yosungula kutirhisa vito ra Pinotage eka label ya vona hi 1961, kuva vasungula ku xavisa hi 1959 champion Pinotage of Bellevue Estate ehansi ka Lanzerac.