Great news! Anne Matson, who is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Vino Con Brio responded to my email about sourcing some Pinotage graftings / cuttings.

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This is her email:

Hi Brent,

Your order went out today! I sure hope you enjoy it.

We got all of our Pinotage cuttings through the plant foundation at UC Davis. It is the best way to get healthy vines.

A great source of info on Pinotage for us has been the Pinotage Association of South Africa. Their website is www.pinotage.co.za. It is a challenging grape to grow – very sensitive, but worth the effort!

Best of luck to you!

Anne Matson
Director of Sales and Marketing
Vino Con Brio

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I ordered a 1/2 dozen of their latest Pinotage Vintage and I did some research into the Plant Foundation at UC Davis. I called up UC Davis and spoke to Susan who oversees their grape program. They supply dormant hardwood cuttings (scions) which are then grafted to the rootstock of your choice. UC Davis DOES NOT do the graftings.

However, they said many nurseries will do the graftings for you. I called up Double A Vineyards, and inquired about the process. They said that they have done this before with UC Davis and will gladly take delivery of the cuttings, graft them to the rootstock of my choice, field grow them for a year, and then deliver them for planting in the Spring of 2006! They charge the standard $3.50 per grafting (on orders >100).

So that’s pretty exciting. I guess I am too late for spring 2005 planting, but that’s ok. I really should stick to Cab. franc and Cab. Sauv. anyways until I get a better handle on what I am doing.

So we’ll see….I ordered a bunch of Pinotage from a few vineyards in CA, I’ll let you know the outcome of my tastings!

Brent

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