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Features South Africa Wine Science 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (1): the vineyard

April 7, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 11163 Views swartland, Viticulture

Over the last 20 years (first vintage 2000), Eben Sadie has established himself as one of South Africa’s leading winegrowers.

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Eben Sadie on viticulture

April 6, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7298 Views Viticulture

Ring and I visit Eben Sadie at his farm in the Swartland, in South Africa. In the past Eben has

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Highlights Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 4183 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Standing Stone Teinturier Saperavi 2018

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 6456 Views Saperavi

This is unexpected: a Saperavi from the Finger Lakes. Standing Stone – now owned by Hermann J. Wiemer – first

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Features Latest Portugal 

Made in clay (1): Talha Day, a festival of amphora wines

April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 jamiegoode 10332 Views Amphora

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring attend Amphora Wine Day at Herdade do Rocim in the Alentejo, Portugal. In this two

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Neudorf Tom’s Block Pinot Noir 2017

April 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6502 Views Nelson, pinot noir

Neudorf are the undisputed stars of New Zealand’s Nelson wine region. And this wine, Tom’s Block Pinot Noir, is really

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Sal da Terra, in search of the perfect Albariño

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 jamiegoode 9107 Views Albarino

Back in June 2018 I travelled to Galicia with chums Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw. We were on a mission:

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England Profiles 

Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 8753 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Features South of France Videos 

In the Languedoc: Vignoble du Loup Blanc

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 9496 Views Languedoc

Jamie Goode visits this dynamic producer in France’s Minervois region, making some lovely wines from 17 hectares of biodynamically farmed

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 9759 Views Douro

Jamie Goode reviews the wines of Quinta da Carolina, a small quinta taking a new, more interesting direction Luis Pedro

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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 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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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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