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Chenin Blanc

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Highlights: Vulpes The Cape Fox Chenin Blanc 2022 Swartland, South Africa

November 26, 2023 jamiegoode 1435 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

This is a new project from winemaker Nuschka de Vos. Her start in the wine industry was a good one:

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Features 

A global Chenin mini-study

March 26, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 1705 Views Chenin Blanc

There’s some interest in Chenin Blanc in California. I was at the Jackson Family Wines annual winegrowing summit in Santa

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Ken Forrester in his vineyard
Features Regions South Africa TOP STORIES 

Meeting Mr Chenin: the wines of Ken Forrester, who has helped make South African Chenin Blanc famous

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 jamiegoode 3793 Views Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

I’m sitting with Ken Forrester outside his tasting room on a sunny November afternoon, looking across one of his vineyards

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Australia Features 

Chenin Blanc in Western Australia, an emerging story

November 4, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 2088 Views Chenin Blanc

Two Aussies were at the recent Chenin Blanc Congress in Stellenbosch, as well as 70 growers from Anjuo/Saumur and Vouvray,

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Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

The wines of David & Nadia, Swartland, South Africa

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 jamiegoode 2844 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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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Wolf & Woman Chenin Blanc 2020 Swartland, South Africa

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 jamiegoode 2107 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

It’s amazing how many serious expressions of Chenin are coming out of the Swartland these days. I know the scene

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Features South Africa 

The different faces of South African Chenin Blanc

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 jamiegoode 8048 Views Chenin Blanc

Of all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be

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Highlights Loire 

Highlights: Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet Chenin ‘Le Clocher’ 2018 Touraine Amboise, Loire

January 1, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 3592 Views Chenin Blanc

Domaine Bonnigal-Bodet is Jean Baptiste Bonnigal and Stéphane Bodet, who jointly took over Bonnigal’s fourth-generation family domaine in Amboise together

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Alheit Vineyards Fire By Night 2018

August 4, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 4726 Views Chenin Blanc, Old Vine Project, swartland

Chris Alheit is one of South Africa’s top winemakers and old vine rescuers, working closely with the Old Vine Project

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontennelles 2016 Saumur, Loire

July 30, 2020December 3, 2020 jamiegoode 3464 Views Chenin Blanc, Natural wine

I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a

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Features

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine
Features Latest Spain 

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode

WebsiteL https://www.cava.wine/en/news-articles/a-congress-examining-cavas-excellence-will-bring-together-the-worlds-most-influential-prescribers-in-barcelona/ I’m just back from two days of deep immersion into all things Cava: the inaugural Cava meeting, held

champagne tasting
Champagne Features Latest TOP STORIES Uncategorized 

A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode
Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson
Features Latest South Africa 

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

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

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

November 19, 2023 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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