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Capensis: high-end Chardonnay from South Africa that’s re-setting the bar

June 27, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5982 Views Chardonnay

Website: https://www.capensiswines.com/za Back in 2013 the Jackson Family were looking to begin a wine project in South Africa. The idea

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Testalonga El Bandito Lords of Dogtown 2022 Swartland, South Africa

June 11, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4243 Views

This is a rare Chenin Blanc from Testalonga, one of the leading natural wineries in South Africa’s Swartland. It’s from

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Highlights: Craven Cinsaut 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 12, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 2988 Views Cinsault

I’m a big fan of the wines of Mick and Jeanine Craven, who are making some of Stellenbosch’s most interesting

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Savage Wines: one of South Africa’s top producers, making balanced, elegant wines

March 20, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 22078 Views

Duncan Savage’s first solo vintage was as long ago as 2011, but he still seems to be a fresh face

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

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 jamiegoode 4424 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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Cap Classique, an exciting category for South African wine

January 25, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 7879 Views

Last fall in Franschhoek, Goode and I spent a morning tasting through 50+ Cap Classique, together with a handful of

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South Africa Videos 

Video: tasting 53 Cap Classiques, sparkling wines from South Africa

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 jamiegoode 3000 Views

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring meet with some of South Africa’s top winemakers to taste through 53 Cap Classiques. These

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Vin de Constance 2018 – the new release of this famous sweet wine

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 jamiegoode 11339 Views

Back in the 1980s South African winery Klein Constantia revived a piece of vinous history. In the 18th and 19th

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The wines of Wolf and Woman, Swartland, South Africa

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 jamiegoode 5698 Views

Website: https://wolfandwomanwines.com/ Jolandie Fouché is the woman behind Wolf and Woman. After a decent slice of experience working for other

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Highlights: Bosman Nature & Sun Grenache Noir 2020 Wellington, South Africa

December 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5657 Views Grenache, Wellington

Saw this on the shelf in Waitrose Canary Wharf today and it caught my eye. Supermarket ranges are so big

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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 jamiegoode

So here’s a story about a famous Champagne house and the pricing of their NV blend. I’m not naming them

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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of

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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro

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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas
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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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