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South Africa

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Visiting Mullineux, one of South Africa’s top producers

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 jamiegoode 9381 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring continue their series on the Swartland, visiting Mullineux at their home base, Roundstone. This was

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South Africa Videos 

Video: visiting Roundstone, the home farm of Mullineux, in South Africa’s Swartland region – intelligent viticulture in action

July 24, 2021 jamiegoode 6086 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Roundstone. It’s the home farm of Mullineux in South Africa’s Swartland wine region. Chris

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Profiles South Africa 

Two Semillons from The Vineyard Party: an exciting debut for this South African producer

July 4, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7445 Views orange wine, Semillon

Semillon is an interesting variety, and it has made some really interesting wines in South Africa, both as single variety

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Profiles Regions South Africa 

The wines of Ridgeback, Paarl, South Africa

June 29, 2021 jamiegoode 5214 Views Paarl

Website: https://www.ridgebackwines.co.za/ Ridgeback is a wine estate located on the northern slopes of the Paarl Mountain. It’s mid-size, with 35

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Features South Africa 

The different faces of South African Chenin Blanc

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 jamiegoode 14280 Views Chenin Blanc

Of all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be

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Features South Africa 

Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 jamiegoode 10828 Views soft drinks, tonics

Tista Cristini is the dude behind Symmetry Tonic Essences. He left South Africa for 15 years, and spent a decade

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux Iron Syrah 2018 Swartland, South Africa

April 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5799 Views swartland, syrah

Mullineux is one of the Swartland’s most important wineries. In 2011 they launched two terroir-specific Syrahs: Schist and Granite. In

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Latest South Africa 

Packwood: wines from Pletternberg Bay, South Africa

March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5637 Views plettenberg bay

Packwood are based at the far east of Western Cape, on the Garden Route, in a small wine appellation called

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Chasing Rabbits Grenache 2020 Wellington, South Africa

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6916 Views Grenache

This is a lovely lighter-styled red wine from young Grenache vines in Wellington. It’s a collaborative wine, made jointly by

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Features South Africa 

South African Gamay almost became extinct, but there’s hope: two from Radford Dale

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 jamiegoode 6769 Views Gamay

Gamay is rare in South Africa. In 2015 there were just 12 hectares planted in the country, down from 29

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Features Latest Switzerland 

Cave Biber, making lovely wines from Switzerland’s Valais

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.cave-biber.ch/en Cave Biber began life in 1971 when when René Mathier established his winery in the village of Salgesch

Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland
Features Latest Switzerland 

Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode
The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria
Austria Denmark Features Germany Latest Poland Switzerland 

The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Some travel tips from someone who travels too much
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Some travel tips from someone who travels too much

January 10, 2026January 10, 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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