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Franschhoek

Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 jamiegoode 1887 Views Franschhoek, swartland

If any observer of the South African wine scene were to make a list of the top 10 producers, then

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon 2016 Franschhoek, South Africa

September 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1903 Views Franschhoek, Semillon

Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon 2016 Franschhoek, South Africa13.5% alcohol. This may be almost 9 years old, but it’s a

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Features Latest South Africa 

The Old Road Wine Co, a Franschhoek-based winery making some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 11, 2024March 17, 2026 jamiegoode 6495 Views Franschhoek

Website: https://oldroadwinecompany.com/ The Old Road Wine Ci is part of the larger Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) group, and owned by

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Lokaia, an exciting new project from Franschhoek, South Africa

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 7876 Views Franschhoek

Lokaia is a joint project from Franschhoek vignerons Clayton Reabow (winemaker at Moreson) and Craig McNaught (winemaker at Stony Brook).

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

In South Africa: Boekenhoutskloof

March 16, 2020 jamiegoode 13059 Views Franschhoek

Goode and Ring continue their Franschhoek journey by visiting Boekenhoutskloof, one of the country’s top wineries. Boekenhoutskloof is one of

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Profiles South Africa 

The wines of Allée Bleue, Franschhoek

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 7501 Views Franschhoek

Head towards Franschhoek from Stellenbosch on the R310 over the Helshgoote pass, and you’ll hit the R45. The Franschhoek wine

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Features South Africa 

The best wines from Franschhoek

November 30, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 30597 Views Franschhoek

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring choose their favourite WO Franschhoek wines During our week in the Franschhoek region we met

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Regions South Africa 

In Franschhoek

November 26, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 7222 Views Franschhoek

I have just spent five days in the Franschhoek wine valley in South Africa’s Western Cape, taking a bit of

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Features

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.burrowingowlwine.ca/ Burrowing Owl is another important Okanagan winery. They are medium-sized (45 000 cases), but they are an important

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel
Austria Features Latest 

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Tawse winery
Canada Features Latest 

Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive

June 13, 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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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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