- Abraham Izak Perold
Abraham Izak Perold, Ph.D. (
20 October 1880 -11 December 1941 ) was aSouth African chemist and viticulturist. Educated in South Africa andGermany , Perold is best known for developing thePinotage grape variety in 1925 through crossingPinot Noir andCinsault . Dr. Perold also introduced 177 grape varieties into South Africa and became the first Professor ofViticulture at theUniversity of Stellenbosch , later becoming Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the university.ee also
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* [http://www.pinotage.co.za/html/abraham.html Pinotage Association] Short biography
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