Pinotage & “little John”

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In the Movie with Errol Flynn “Robin Hood”… Robin is knocked off a log by ‘little John’ with the aid of a staff… after some consolation, Robin says,” I love a man who can best me!” Words to live by.

In an earlier post, I wrote on the virtues of “Bobotie” a South African dish of Cape-Malay origin… delicious! I presented it with a Kanonkop wine… just not the recommended one and I got caught! ouch!

To be fair, I had never thought of Pinotage… it had never been in my list of highly desired varieties… but sometimes, we all need ‘grapeness’ thrust apon us… and this peeked my curious mind.

It give me the opportunity to explore my “little John’s” site called  “Pinotage.Org”  … which I have found interesting and helpful … so much so, I decided to buy his book entitled  “Marlyn Merlot and the Naked Grape”  … I just ordered it off of his site… should be a fun read.

In life, we all need our ‘little John’s’,

Roger Freberg

2 Replies to “Pinotage & “little John””

  1. Sorry, I wasn’t trying to catch you out. I assumed you just bought a Kanonkop on recommendation not realising they made more than one wine.

    I do hope you enjoy my book; thanks for ordering it.

    If you are in California you should try the local Pinotage; there are about a dozen wineries there making it now, and Fort Ross Pinotage in particular has been getting extremely good reviews.

    Peter (Little John) May – http://www.pinotage.org

  2. Well…. I love being \’caught out\’… although not others appreciate it… I once corrected the ancient Egyptian translation of a Nobel Laurette ( not his field, obviously) and it wasn\’t taken well by his publisher.

    Yes, I do live on the central coast of California… I will check out the Ft. Ross Pinotage… for scientific study only! ha!

    I look forward to reading your book… and Amazon.com tells me it is on it\’s way.

    Thanks — Roger \”Robin\”

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