Jamie Goode's South African wine feature
Jamie Goode is an award-winning journalist and blogger who is crazy about wine.
He writes a regular column in UK national newspaper, The Sunday Express and is constantly updating his own website with wine articles and news.
Read Jamie's latest feature on South African wine
Exploring our old wines
By Jamie Goode | 29 April 2013
I'm lucky. I've visited South Africa many times over the last few years. But the latest trip was different in one important detail: I was exposed to a lot of old South African wine. And I am very glad of it.
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Another look at Chenin Blanc
By Jamie Goode | 21 March 2013
I’ve talked about Chenin Blanc before in this column, but it’s such an important grape variety in South Africa, I wanted to revisit it and dig a bit deeper. Specifically, I thought it would be interesting to discuss how winemakers have been seeking to do something a bit different with Chenin, creating interesting wines that stand out from the crowd. Don’t be alarmed, though: even though I’ll be going into detail, I’ll try my best to explain anything remotely technical.
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Elgin
By Jamie | 22 February 2013
Elgin is cool—both in terms of the wines it is producing, and also in its temperature. While South Africa has quite a few wine regions, it only has a few that are cool enough to be able to grow fussy cooler-climate varieties such as Riesling and Pinot Noir well, and Elgin is one of them. This is one of the reasons why there is such a buzz about this relatively new region.
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