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South Africa Videos 

Video: Eben Sadie on viticulture

April 6, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6672 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 South Africa 

Highlights: Lelie van Saron Chardonnay 2017 Hemel-en-Aarde

March 18, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6171 Views Chardonnay

Natasha Williams is a winemaker who works for Bosman, but she also has her own label, Lelie van Saron. This,

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South Africa Videos 

Video: in the stunning cellar of Boekenhoutskloof, one of South Africa’s top wineries

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 jamiegoode 5389 Views

Here’s a short film from a visit to Boekenhoutskloof, one of of South Africa’s leading producers, in the Franschhoek Valley.

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In South Africa: Boekenhoutskloof

March 16, 2020 jamiegoode 11747 Views Franschhoek

Goode and Ring continue their Franschhoek journey by visiting Boekenhoutskloof, one of the country’s top wineries. Boekenhoutskloof is one of

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Beeslaar Pinotage 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6005 Views Pinotage

This is one of South Africa’s most highly acclaimed Pinotages. It’s made by Abrie Beeslaar, who’s the cellarmaster at Kanonkop.

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Reyneke Organic Cabernet Merlot 2018

March 5, 2020March 8, 2020 jamiegoode 5646 Views

This is a lovely wine. Seriously impressed by this, and it’s currently a bit of a steal at just £8.99

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Profiles South Africa 

The wines of Allée Bleue, Franschhoek

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6487 Views Franschhoek

Head towards Franschhoek from Stellenbosch on the R310 over the Helshgoote pass, and you’ll hit the R45. The Franschhoek wine

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Features South Africa 

The best wines from Franschhoek

November 30, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 22879 Views Franschhoek

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring choose their favourite WO Franschhoek wines During our week in the Franschhoek region we met

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Regions South Africa 

In Franschhoek

November 26, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 6512 Views Franschhoek

I have just spent five days in the Franschhoek wine valley in South Africa’s Western Cape, taking a bit of

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Profiles South Africa 

Charles Fox, sparkling wine specialist from Elgin

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 jamiegoode 6119 Views Sparkling wine

You’d think that Elgin, with its cool climate, is well suited to sparkling wine production, although not many people make

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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
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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