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Year: 2021

Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Soalheiro Allo Loureiro Alvarinho 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

July 18, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4472 Views

I think I may have found my new go-to summer white. I found it in a small wine bar in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas y Viñedos Ponce Clos Lojen Bobal 2020 Manchuela, Spain

July 16, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5816 Views

Juan Antonio Ponce gained experience working for Telmo Rodríguez before setting up his own project at the young age of

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England Videos 

Video: visiting Busi-Jacobsohn, a new sparkling wine producer in East Sussex, England

July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 3895 Views

You can read a full write-up of the visit here https://wineanorak.com/2021/06/22/busi-jacobsohn-and-exciting-new-english-sparkling-wine-producer/

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Chile Features 

Duval x Ventisquero = Obliqua: high-end Carménère from Apalta, Chile

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 jamiegoode 5683 Views carmenere

This pair of high-end Carménère’s was introduced live by Ventisquera chief winemaker Felipe Tosso and viticulturist Sergio Homazabal. They are

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Features TOP STORIES 

Liking plus coolness – what makes a wine great

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 jamiegoode 5351 Views

Why are some wines so hotly sought after? Which bottles do you go ‘wow’ at, when someone pulls them out

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Features France TOP STORIES 

A remarkable Mondeuse from the hero of this Savoie variety

July 10, 2021 jamiegoode 8753 Views mondeuse, Savoie

Michel Grisard Domaine Prieuré Saint Christophe M……14  Vin de FranceMichel Grisard worked on his family farm until 1982, when he

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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: Viña Marty Goutte d’Argent Sauvignon Blanc 2018, a Chilean Sauvignon made with sake yeast

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6264 Views

This is a bit different: a Sauvignon Blanc made with sake yeast from Chile, and it’s really good. Viña Marty

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Burgundy Profiles 

The Bret Brothers, La Soufrandière, Bourgogne

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 11610 Views Chardonnay

Goode and Ring report on one of the most exciting domaines in the Mâconnais, a region that’s increasingly turning out

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Regions Spain 

Blending Sal da Terra 2020

July 7, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4385 Views Albarino

So it’s time to blend the 2020 vintage of Sal da Terra Albariño, made by Eulogio Pomares from two vineyard

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Van Volxem Riesling Alte Reben 2006 Mosel, Germany

July 7, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 3547 Views Riesling

Van Volxem‘s history as a wine estate goes back to the 3rd century, and it’s based in Wiltingen in the

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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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