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Year: 2021

Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Visiting Mullineux, one of South Africa’s top producers

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 jamiegoode 8601 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring continue their series on the Swartland, visiting Mullineux at their home base, Roundstone. This was

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: XXVI Talhas Mestre Daniel Talha X 2019 Alentejo, Portugal

July 27, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5214 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Ricardo Santos is behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira. He and his colleagues have taken over the cellar

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Latest Profiles Spain 

The wines of Bodegas Piqueras, Almansa, Spain

July 26, 2021 jamiegoode 7467 Views almansa

In Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region there’s a small DO called Almansa. And one of the striking this about this is

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de moor chablis
Burgundy Highlights Latest 

Highlights: De Moor Chablis Coteau de Rosette 2018 Bourgogne, France

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 jamiegoode 6918 Views Chablis, Chardonnay, Natural wine

I’m a big fan of the wines of Alice and Olivier De Moor. They’re based in Chablis, but also make

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Jolie-Laide Pinot Gris 2018 Sonoma County, California

July 24, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4830 Views

Jolie-Laide is a micronegociant operation from Scott and Jenny Schultz, and it’s a small 3000 case affair. Scott worked with

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South Africa Videos 

Video: visiting Roundstone, the home farm of Mullineux, in South Africa’s Swartland region – intelligent viticulture in action

July 24, 2021 jamiegoode 5795 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Roundstone. It’s the home farm of Mullineux in South Africa’s Swartland wine region. Chris

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Profiles Regions Uruguay 

In Uruguay: Bodega Bouza

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 jamiegoode 7043 Views

Bouza is based in the Montevideo wine region in Uruguay. I was hosted by Manuel Bouza, and Dr Eduardo Boido

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Features France 

Chablis mini-study: six interesting wines

July 21, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5346 Views Chablis

I tasted these wines in preparation for a seminar. Some real stars here. Le Domaine d’Henri Heritage Chablis 1er Cru

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Portugal Profiles 

Textura wines: a new project from Portugal’s Dão wine region

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 jamiegoode 6260 Views Dao

Textura wines, Dão, Portugal Textura is a new family-owned winery that began in 2018. It’s based on 7 plots (22

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Features New York State Regions 

Mini-study: Finger Lakes Riesling – Osmote, Fox Run, Hosmer

July 18, 2021January 25, 2023 jamiegoode 4657 Views

The Finger Lakes in New York State has emerged as one of the wine world’s hotspots for Riesling. The combination

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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

Wessman seeks vinous validation for Issigeac and Conne-de-Labarde, which lie on a clearly defined limestone plateau and merit their own micro-appellation according to Vineyard Director Lise Sadirac, who is working hard to convince the INAO. The layered limestone plateau of D’Issigeac took 1.5 million years to form. Vines take a decade to root in the fissured rock, where soil is a mere 20cm deep. Bergerac has 13 appellations and no distinct identity. Fine wine would benefit from a perceptible point of difference and a dose of celebrity stardust.

The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring
Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines
Austria Features Latest Regions 

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary
Features Hungary Latest 

Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 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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