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Features Latest South Africa 

A Pinotage study, comparing six examples of this South African speciality

January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 jamiegoode 1130 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is such an interesting grape variety. You can read all about its origins, its struggles and its triumphs in

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Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Taking Pinotage seriously: a vertical of Kanonkop’s Black Label Pinotage

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 jamiegoode 18622 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is a grape variety that has struggled to be taken seriously. It has wrestled with a reputation of making

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Beeslaar Pinotage 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6510 Views Pinotage

This is one of South Africa’s most highly acclaimed Pinotages. It’s made by Abrie Beeslaar, who’s the cellarmaster at Kanonkop.

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The remarkable wines of Anne-Claire Schott, Three Lakes, Switzerland
Features Latest Profiles Switzerland 

The remarkable wines of Anne-Claire Schott, Three Lakes, Switzerland

March 22, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.schottweine.ch/ and https://www.aromaderlandschaft.ch/ I’ll admit to being smitten by the wines of Anne-Claire Schott, who is based in Neuchatel,

Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
England Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer

March 20, 2026March 21, 2026 jamiegoode
fryers cove bamboes bay
Features Latest South Africa 

Fryer’s Cove: precise wines from the cool west coast of South Africa

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge
Features Latest Portugal 

Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge

March 19, 2026March 20, 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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