Pinotage or Shiraz

As a wine-tasting group we tested our blind-tasting skills on Winter Red wines... and came short on the second flight (big time), confusing Shiraz for Pinotage. It must be said (in our defense) that the treatment of the wine with heavily toasted wood could be seen to be very atypical Shiraz. Notwithstanding, the evening turned out to be most enjoyable with good friends, food and ample supply of red wines.