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Lokaia, an exciting new project from Franschhoek, South Africa

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 7781 Views Franschhoek

Lokaia is a joint project from Franschhoek vignerons Clayton Reabow (winemaker at Moreson) and Craig McNaught (winemaker at Stony Brook).

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KWV The Mentors range, a tasting with winemaker Izele van Blerk

December 10, 2021 jamiegoode 7984 Views

KWV are an important company in the history of South African wine. KWV stands for Kooperative Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid

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South Africa Videos 

Tasting some highlights from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6243 Views

Jamie Goode, Greg Sherwood and Lisse Garnett taste some of the wines from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021, which

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Highlights Regions South Africa 

Highlights: Great Heart Red Blend 2019 Swartland, South Africa

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7135 Views

I really like this initiative from Mullineux and Leeu Family Wines in South Africa. Great Heart is a staff empowerment

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Two new high-end wines from Iona (Elgin, South Africa): Kloof and Solace

August 26, 2021 jamiegoode 7041 Views Chardonnay, Elgin, syrah

Elgin-based producer Iona have released two new wines from special terroirs. I review them here. Iona Solace Wine of Brocha

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Tasting the current releases from Restless River

August 10, 2021October 1, 2021 Treve Ring 6788 Views Hemel-en-Aarde

Restless River is a small, but mighty, family-owned winery in the cool Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Goode and I first visited

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Visiting Mullineux, one of South Africa’s top producers

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 jamiegoode 10021 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 6419 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 7842 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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The wines of Ridgeback, Paarl, South Africa

June 29, 2021 jamiegoode 5579 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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The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense
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The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense

April 22, 2026 jamiegoode

Buying wine en primeur has two potential benefits. First, if the wine is sought after, you secure your allocation. If

Domaine de Bon Augure, an exciting wine estate in the Languedoc with very interesting soils
Features Languedoc Latest 

Domaine de Bon Augure, an exciting wine estate in the Languedoc with very interesting soils

April 22, 2026 jamiegoode
Prestige Provence rosés and whites from Château Sainte Marguerite
Features Latest Provence 

Prestige Provence rosés and whites from Château Sainte Marguerite

April 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris
Features Latest New Zealand Profiles 

Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris

April 18, 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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