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The wines of Ridgeback, Paarl, South Africa

June 29, 2021 jamiegoode 4912 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 13455 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 10497 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 5400 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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Packwood: wines from Pletternberg Bay, South Africa

March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5399 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: Chasing Rabbits Grenache 2020 Wellington, South Africa

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6664 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 6523 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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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Nero, South Africa’s first Nero d’Avola

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 jamiegoode 9114 Views

Bosman Family Vineyards have just launched South Africa’s first Nero d’Avola. The wine is a collaboration with actor/filmmaker Thapelo Mokoena,

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Charla Haasbroek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Malgas, South Africa

December 20, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5551 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Charla Haasbroek is the winemaker at Sijnn in the Cape South Coast region of Malgas. It’s a special place, pioneered

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Three from the KWV Mentors range: high end South Africans

December 6, 2020 jamiegoode 5589 Views

KWV is an important company in the history of South African wine. In 1918, this super-cooperative (full name Kooperative Wijnbouwers

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
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Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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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