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Grenache

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Highlights: Yalumba Samuel’s Collection Bush Vine Grenache 2022

August 25, 2025 jamiegoode 977 Views Barossa, Grenache

Impressed by this Barossa Grenache. It’s a variety that a lot of people are doing very good work with in

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Apehelion: Grenache specialists from Australia’s McLaren Vale

August 17, 2025 jamiegoode 1086 Views Grenache

Website: https://aphelionwine.com.au/ Based in McLaren Vale, Aphelion is a Grenache specialist micro-negociant. It was started by Rob and Lou Mack,

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Australia Videos 

Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode 1815 Views Grenache

Tasting the Kin Grenache 2023 from Barossa Valley star winery Alkina who have developed a micro-parcel approach to their vineyard

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: MMAD Grenache 2022 Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale

November 14, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1218 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Tried this wine with a few wine folk after dinner last night and was really impressed. From the Shaw &

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Comando G Navatalgordo 2022

September 19, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2623 Views Grenache

One of the heroes of the new Spain wine scene is Comando G. Read more about them in this excellent

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Visiting Yangarra, a star producer in Australia’s McLaren Vale

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2791 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Website: https://www.yangarra.com/ The story of Yangarra nicely tracks with the revival of Grenache as a key variety in Australia, where

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Kelvin Feku Grenache Noir 2022, WO Wellington, South Africa

May 1, 2024July 20, 2024 Treve Ring 4110 Views Grenache

Kelvin Feku is Alex Milner’s (of Natte Valleij) assistant winemaker, and this is the first release under his own label.

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Features Rhone 

Domaine des Escaravailles, a southern Rhône star

March 14, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5343 Views Cairanne, Grenache, Rasteau

Website: https://www.domaine-escaravailles.com/en/ Escaravilles means bettle in Occitan, hence the scarb beetle on the label. I tasted these wines with Madeline

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duncan savage thief in the night
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Highlight: Savage Thief in the Night Grenache 2022 Piekenierskloof 

December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 jamiegoode 2530 Views Grenache

Grenache is a grape with lots of potential in South Africa, and one of the regions doing well with it

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Features 

Grenache mini-study: California, Spain and France

April 3, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 3275 Views Grenache

Grenache is having its moment! It’s drought resistance, crops well, doesn’t mind heat and can perform well as either a

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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