We've all heard of coffee beer, coffee vodka, and other coffee flavored drinks but coffee wine? It all started in 1925 when Abraham Perold, a professor at Stellenbosch University got the idea to cross Pinot Noir with a little know French grape called Cinsault (known as Hermitage in South Africa). He planted a few seeds at his personal residence, but sort of forgot about them when he accepted a job with the giant South African winery cooperative KWV and moved. His residence stood unoccupied for some time, so after a while the University sent a team to clean up the overgrown garden.