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Highlights: Carinus Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 7054 Views Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

Carinus Family Wines Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa13% alcohol. This is brilliant. Carinus are a new producer and

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In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (2) in the cellar, and tasting the wines

April 20, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 16700 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste with Eben Sadie, and visit the winery where some of South Africa’s most sought-after

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Video: Stompie’s new home in the Swartland – visiting Platteklip

April 16, 2020 jamiegoode 5984 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Stompie Meyer’s new place. He’s got a new home for JH Meyer wines and

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In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (1): the vineyard

April 7, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 11830 Views swartland, Viticulture

Over the last 20 years (first vintage 2000), Eben Sadie has established himself as one of South Africa’s leading winegrowers.

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Eben Sadie on viticulture

April 6, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7578 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 6933 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 6158 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 13588 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 7102 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 6519 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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Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
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Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.rabascowinery.com/en/home-en-2/ Rabasco is an impressive natural wine producer in Abruzzo, which is run by Iole Rabasco. She was previously

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
England Features Latest 

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
Features Italy Latest TOP STORIES 

Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 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.

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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