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SOUTH AFRICA LAGS BEHIND EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIC VITICULTURE – 12 PRODUCERS UNITE TO SEEK CHANGE

March 2, 2025September 29, 2025 Lisse Garnett 6277 Views organic

Organic wine movement spearheaded by Radford Dale in South Africa

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

February 25, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1274 Views Stellenbosch

Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa14% alcohol. A Bordeaux-style blend from Stellenbosch that comes in a heavyweight

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Swerwer, an exciting producer from South Africa’s Swartland region

January 30, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3108 Views swartland

Jasper Wickens first discovered wine when he was at university in Stellenbosch. To pay the bills while he was studying

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Vergelegen rebooted: visiting this important South African winery and meeting the man tasked with fulfilling the potential of an amazing set of vineyards

January 21, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4252 Views

Website: https://vergelegen.co.za/ Vergelegen is one of the great wine projects of South Africa, and it has now been rebooted after

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New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 10774 Views

Radford Dale are producing some very smart wines at the moment. They are getting the style right (aiming for freshness

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The wines of Doran Vineyards, Voor Paardeberg, South Africa

November 19, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1445 Views

Website: https://www.doranvineyards.co.za/ These are affordable wines from the Voor Paardeberg in South Africa. Doran Vineyards was established in 2010. Doran

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: De Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2023

September 27, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2410 Views Chardonnay

Website: https://dewetshof.com/ De Wetshof, a winery in Robertson, are one of the unsung heroes of South African wine. They are

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The wines of Jocelyn Hogan, a top producer from South Africa

August 4, 2024August 4, 2024 jamiegoode 2190 Views

Jocelyn Hogan began her wine project in 2014. The wines have always been good but with the 2021 vintage they

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South Africa in England: we taste the inaugural gold medal winning vintage of Tidebrook Wines, from medieval Mousehall, the Jordan winery and distillery in Mayfield, East Sussex

July 1, 2024October 17, 2024 Lisse Garnett 17120 Views

Gary and Kathy Jordan are well known for their Stellenbosch winery. Back in 2018 they began their quest for the

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Highlights: Lourens Family Wines Lindi Carien 2022 Western Cape, South Africa

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2962 Views

Found this wine on the shelf at the Kew branch of the excellent Good Wine Shop. After a walk on

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Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal
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Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.galactic.wine/ Miguel Viseu is the winemaker at low-intervention wine producer Aphros in Vinho Verde, but he also has his

Wine marketing: don’t mistake choice for preference
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Wine marketing: don’t mistake choice for preference

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 jamiegoode
At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out
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At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out

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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2
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Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 2

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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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