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Highlights: Chasing Rabbits Grenache 2020 Wellington, South Africa

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7006 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 6878 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: Nero, South Africa’s first Nero d’Avola

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 jamiegoode 9570 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 5999 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 5949 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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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Craven Pinot Gris 2019 Stellenbosch, South Africa

November 27, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6993 Views pinot gris

Mick and Jeanine Craven are making some of South Africa’s most interesting wines from vineyards in Stellenbosch (see this extensive

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South Africa Videos 

Video: what’s next for sustainability in South Africa’s wine regions?

November 13, 2020 jamiegoode 6087 Views

Yesterday I took part in a session for Wines of South Africa on sustainability, with a really great group of

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Profiles Regions South Africa 

In the Swartland: AA Badenhorst Wines

November 4, 2020 jamiegoode 13354 Views swartland

Goode and Ring visit Adi Badenhorst at his Kalmoesfontein farm in the Paardeberg Wesbsite https://www.kalmoesfontein.com/ One of the most fascinating

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Profiles South Africa 

In Franschhoek: Paserene, with Martin Smith

October 2, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6934 Views

Martin Smith is the fellow behind Paserene. He’s an interesting CV: he spent 10 years making wine in Napa, which

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Features South Africa 

The 2020 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Wines

September 12, 2020 jamiegoode 7692 Views

This year is a bit of a change for the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction. It is going to be held

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On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine
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On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 jamiegoode

Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine you have a stash of wines – maybe a small cellar of a couple

Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades
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Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône
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Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer
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Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer

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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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