Peter F May

Peter F May has been promising to write a book about Pinotage for several years. He was always surprised at the lack of information about South Africa’s iconic wine and irritated by all the inaccuracies he read on the web.

Now in the fiftieth year since the world’s first vintage of varietal Pinotage wine he has written that book. PINOTAGE – Behind the Legends of South Africa’s Own Wine is the story of Pinotage from the beginning and it is the story of Peter’s infatuation with the variety.

Peter F May first visited South Africa in 1996, and he has visited the Cape wine lands on average every year since, spending weeks visiting vineyards and wineries and talking with winemakers and winery owners.

In 1997 he founded The Pinotage Club -- www.pinotage.org , an international cyber-based fan club for wines made from the Pinotage variety. Peter was awarded Honorary Membership of the producers Pinotage Association in 2004 and was a judge at the annual Pinotage Top 10 Competition in 2004 and 2005. 

Peter is a wine writer, educator and author. He is a member of the prestigious Circle of Wine Writers. His first wine book Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape: Odd Wines from Around the World was published in summer 2006 by Quirk Books of Philadelphia, USA. 

 Peter answers all polite emails - contact him at peter (at) pinotage (dot) org



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

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