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Food and wine South Africa 

A remarkable multicourse meal at Creation, a leading winery in South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde wine region

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 817 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.creationwines.com/activities/ Creation is an impressive winery in the Hemel-en-Aarde wine region of South Africa. Head along the coast to

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Features Food and wine Latest Profiles South Africa 

Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

January 5, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 9120 Views

Website:  https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has

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Goode’s crib sheets, no. 3: Chablis

January 5, 2026February 14, 2026 jamiegoode 866 Views

I’m quite a fan of Chablis, but it pays here (as in most regions) to pick producers. There are lots

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Features Latest TOP STORIES 

A brilliant wine dinner with friends at the Drapers Arms, with 15 interesting wines

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 jamiegoode 2176 Views

This was a brilliant wine dinner with a nice crowd, at the excellent Drapers Arms. We all brought a couple

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Features Latest South Africa 

A Pinotage study, comparing six examples of this South African speciality

January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 jamiegoode 1357 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is such an interesting grape variety. You can read all about its origins, its struggles and its triumphs in

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Features France Latest 

Exploring the Roussillon (6) Château Lauriga

January 2, 2026January 4, 2026 jamiegoode 857 Views Roussillon

Website: https://www.lauriga.com/en/ Lauriga is based in Thuir, in the Les Aspres terroir of the Roussillon. It’s an old estate that

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2025, a wine year in pictures

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1422 Views

Here’s a selection of pictures from 2025. Quite a year.

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Champagne Features Latest 

A mini-Champagne study: Ayala, Bollinger, Albert Lebrun, Forget Brimont

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1193 Views

Tried these four Champagnes together to compare and contrast. Ayala came out really well from this comparison. Champagne Ayala Brut

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Features France Latest 

Exploring the Roussillon (5) Torredemer Mangin

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 jamiegoode 1209 Views

Website: https://torredemer-mangin.com/ Torredemer Mangin is an exciting new producer in the Roussillon. It’s a collaboration between Romain Torredemer (aged 33)

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Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Wirra Wirra Church Block 2022 McLaren Vale, Australia

December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 jamiegoode 1594 Views McLaren Vale

Church Block is one of those important wines that we need more of. It’s affordable, and accessible, but it’s a

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Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode

This is the personal project of Luis Lopes, who makes the wines for Dão superstar Dominio de Açor. He began

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region
Austria Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 jamiegoode

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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