Comments on: 50 Years of Pinotage: the 70s http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/2009/11/18/50-years-of-pinotage-the-70s/ South Africa's leading independent drinks commentator... Thu, 24 May 2012 08:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter Hall http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/2009/11/18/50-years-of-pinotage-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 Peter Hall Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:10 +0000 http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/pendock/?p=2783#comment-2942 Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. The pic of all the old bottles and their great labels (so what if they are dated, so am I) took me right back to the 70s. League squash at Hillbrow squash courts, a meal across the road at Giovanni's or the steak house in Braamfontein. A bottle or five of Pinotage or Shiraz and a bill that didn't give us a hiernia. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

The pic of all the old bottles and their great labels (so what if they are dated, so am I) took me right back to the 70s. League squash at Hillbrow squash courts, a meal across the road at Giovanni’s or the steak house in Braamfontein.

A bottle or five of Pinotage or Shiraz and a bill that didn’t give us a hiernia.

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