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Food and wine South Africa 

A remarkable multicourse meal at Creation, a leading winery in South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde wine region

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 1227 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.creationwines.com/activities/ Creation is an impressive winery in the Hemel-en-Aarde wine region of South Africa. Head along the coast to

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Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

January 5, 2026October 10, 2026 jamiegoode 11036 Views

Website:  https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has

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Features South Africa 

A Pinotage study, comparing six examples of this South African speciality

January 3, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode 2395 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is such an interesting grape variety. You can read all about its origins, its struggles and its triumphs in

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Features Profiles South Africa 

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

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 jamiegoode 14077 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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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlight : Testalonga Bandits Kloof Daisy’s Pond 2021, Swartland, South Africa

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 Treve Ring 2443 Views swartland

One of the stars of South Africa’s New Wave wine renaissance, Testalonga is Craig and Carla Hawkins’ personal project, dedicated

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Sadie Family Wines Twiswind 2024 & Sonvang 2024

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Treve Ring 4146 Views field blends, swartland

These two newest Sadie Family wines are 20+ years in the making. Eben Sadie started the project back in 2002,

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Highlights Latest South Africa Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2018 Western Cape, South Africa

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2286 Views

Website: https://grahambeck.com/ Tried this tonight, and was really impressed. I’ve tried previous vintages, but this was quite striking in its

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Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring 3060 Views Chardonnay, Hemel-en-Aarde, pinot noir

Earlier this month I was invited to contribute to The Judgement of Cape Town, a blind tasting of premium Chardonnay

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon 2016 Franschhoek, South Africa

September 4, 2025July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 2158 Views Franschhoek, Semillon

Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon 2016 Franschhoek, South Africa13.5% alcohol. This may be almost 9 years old, but it’s a

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: three stunning Chenins from Alheit

July 7, 2025February 12, 2026 jamiegoode 2720 Views

Chris Alheit was presenting at the Chenin Congress 2025 in the Loire Valley, and he showed three recent releases. These

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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 
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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
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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
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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.

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