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Chenin Blanc

Features 

A global Chenin mini-study

March 26, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 1139 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 2762 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 1453 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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The wines of David & Nadia, Swartland, South Africa

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 jamiegoode 2133 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 1486 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 6872 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 3055 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 4327 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 3148 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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Highlights Latest South Africa Videos 

Highlights: Carinus Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 3787 Views Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

Carinus Family Wines Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa13% alcohol. This is brilliant. Carinus are a new producer and

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Features

Piemonte adventure (1) Neive: La Cantinetta di Barun, and Degusto
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Piemonte adventure (1) Neive: La Cantinetta di Barun, and Degusto

May 28, 2023May 29, 2023 jamiegoode

I’m in Piemonte for a few days. Monday to Wednesday I’m lecturing at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, for

New (2021 vintage) releases from Jamie Kutch, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers
California Features Profiles TOP STORIES 

New (2021 vintage) releases from Jamie Kutch, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers

May 25, 2023May 26, 2023 jamiegoode
A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo
Features Latest Portugal TOP STORIES 

A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 jamiegoode
Proposed changes to UK wine regulation could precipitate a race to the bottom, and damage the growing UK wine production sector immensely
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Proposed changes to UK wine regulation could precipitate a race to the bottom, and damage the growing UK wine production sector immensely

May 23, 2023May 23, 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.

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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