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Features Latest South Africa 

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023December 17, 2023 jamiegoode 6033 Views

Websites: https://www.crystallumwines.com/ https://gabrielskloof.co.za/ Earlier this week I stopped at Gabrielskloof in Bot River, South Africa, for a tasting with Peter-Allan

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Food and wine Latest South Africa 

Restaurants: Rubens, Franschhoek, South Africa

November 22, 2023 jamiegoode 4213 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.reubens.co.za/ Franschhoek, in South Africa’s Western Cape, is a beautiful destination. With mountains every way you look, this valley

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Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023December 17, 2023 jamiegoode 4843 Views Elgin

Website: https://www.kershawwines.com/ Richard Kershaw is a British ex-pat and MW who has been making his own wines out of Elgin

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: two Cap Classiques from Pieter Ferreira

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 jamiegoode 3415 Views

Pieter Ferreira is so well known for his work at Graham Beck, and for promoting the whole category of Cap

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Storm Wines: one of South Africa’s most exciting producers, based in Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 jamiegoode 7517 Views

Website: https://www.stormwines.co.za/ Hannes Storm was the winemaker at Hamilton Russell for 13 years (with 12 vintages under his belt), so

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

A Sijnn retrospective: tasting the past and present of this remarkable vineyard in Malgas, South Africa

October 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7168 Views

Website: https://www.sijnn.co.za/ This was a tasting and lunch to celebrate 20 years of Sijnn (pronounced ‘sane’), a vineyard located in

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Food and wine Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux and Sadie at Noble Rot Mayfair

September 29, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3801 Views Restaurants, swartland

Had a lovely lunch this week at Noble Rot Mayfair, the third restuarant in the Noble Rot franchise after Lambs

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

Damascene, the new star from South Africa

September 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 9585 Views

One of the most exciting producers to emerge from the already very exciting South African wine scene in the last

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Profiles South Africa 

Saurwein: new releases from this exciting South African Pinot Noir producer

August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 jamiegoode 11105 Views pinot noir

Jessica Saurwein is getting rave reviews for her small-production Pinots and the new 2022 releases are the best yet. Jessica

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Swerwer Rooi Groen Skins 2021, Swartland, South Africa

August 1, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 4250 Views orange wine, Sémillon, swartland

Swerwer (Nomad / Wanderer) is Jasper Wickens project in the Swartland, and this Rooi Groen (red-green) Skins version is an

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Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
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A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 2026 jamiegoode

I didn’t get to do primeurs in Bordeaux this spring. In fact I never do primeurs in Bordeaux because it’s

Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet
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Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
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Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 jamiegoode
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Current releases from Dão legend Antonio Madeira

June 1, 2026June 1, 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.

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