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Lismore: tasting the latest releases from Samantha O’Keefe in Greyton, South Africa

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 5629 Views

Website: https://www.lismore.co.za/ Samantha O’Keefe is a pioneering wine grower in Greyton, where she first planted a wine farm in 2004.

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Video: tasting old South African wines back to the 1950s

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4335 Views

Bill Winshaw had a collection of South African wine from his time running the Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery. His grandsons, JP

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Features Regions South Africa 

Old South African wine: raiding the Winshaw cellar back to the 1950s

October 10, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 7246 Views

Bill Winshaw had a collection of South African wine from his time running the Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery. His grandsons, JP

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Visiting Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L’Ormarins Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa

October 9, 2022October 26, 2022 jamiegoode 9133 Views

Website: Anthonij Rupert Wyne Antonij Rupert is the wine project based at L’Ormarins estate on the eastern boundary of Franschhoek,

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South African Sauvignon Blanc at 10 years old: does it age?

October 5, 2022November 1, 2022 Treve Ring 5934 Views Aged Wine, Blind Tasting, Sauvignon Blanc

What do travelling wine writer geeks do on a day free from events? Taste more wines of course. South African

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Lukas van Loggerenberg Geronimo Cinsault 2021 Western Cape, South Africa

October 3, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 5249 Views Cinsault, Old vines

Cinsault is a grape variety for today, for warmer climates. It has big berries, big bunches, and it’s pretty much

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Features Regions South Africa 

The Cap Classiques of Ann and Pieter Ferriera: pushing the bubbly boundaries in South Africa

September 27, 2022October 17, 2022 jamiegoode 6283 Views Sparkling wine

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste the latest releases of this exciting Cap Classique producer. Pieter Ferreira, who for a

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Grenache : a Study

September 8, 2022September 13, 2022 Treve Ring 7257 Views Garnacha, Grenache

(/ɡrəˈnæʃ/) Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the

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Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Elgin Pinot Noir: how is Pinot doing in this cool-climate South African region?

September 6, 2022 jamiegoode 7787 Views Elgin, pinot noir

Elgin is one of South Africa’s cool climate wine regions. This apple-growing area first began growing wine grapes in the

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The wines of David & Nadia, Swartland, South Africa

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 jamiegoode 8244 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

Website: https://davidnadia.com/ David and Nadia Sadie studied together and then got married in 2009. They both began working for different

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Spätburgunder: a deep dive into Germany’s Pinot Noir, with a tasting of 77 wines from top vineyard sites
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Spätburgunder: a deep dive into Germany’s Pinot Noir, with a tasting of 77 wines from top vineyard sites

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 jamiegoode

German wine has been having a good moment for the last decade, and this is one of the wine country

Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show
Australia Features Latest 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction
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Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction

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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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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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