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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, 2026 jamiegoode 90 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their

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Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Leela and the Palace Cafe, Wynn Palace, Macau

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode 122 Views Restaurants

As well as some high-end Michelin-starred restaurants, Wynn Palace in Macau (where I was judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine

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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 144 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Website: https://www.fryerscove.co.za/ It was back in 1999 that Jan Van Zyl planted one of South Africa’s most distinctive vineyards right

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Features Latest Portugal 

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

March 19, 2026March 20, 2026 jamiegoode 236 Views

These are some of the Portuguese wines that did well in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge, which

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Australia Features Latest 

Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode 346 Views

I’ve talked a lot about the problems of cork taint. It’s still here, but at a reduced rate from the

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Features Latest Spain 

Some amazing Spanish wines from Rioja and Sherry: tasting some of the winners from the International Wine Challenge

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode 404 Views Rioja, sherry

These are gold medal and trophy winners from the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge, which I tasted live

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Some old vine images: a few of my photographs of the crusty old sea dogs of the wine world

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode 372 Views

Old vines are amazing, and they are often very beautiful, in a rugged, twisted sort of way. And the Old

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glenelly wine
Features Latest South Africa 

Glenelly is making some increasingly impressive wines from its vineyard on the Simonsberg, Stellenbosch

March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 jamiegoode 458 Views Stellenbosch

Website: https://glenellyestate.com/ Glenelly is Stellenbosch with a French accent. Back in 2004 former Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande owner May de Lencquesaing purchased

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With the Portocol Protocol at ProWein, tasting 13 member’s wines

March 17, 2026 jamiegoode 398 Views

Website: https://www.portoprotocol.com/ I spent some time on the stand of the Porto Protocol today at ProWein. They are doing some

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Features Latest Portugal 

Quinta da Pellada/Quinta de Saes: the Castros are doing something special in Portugal’s Dão region

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 jamiegoode 361 Views

Website: https://www.quintadapellada.com/ Alvaro Castro and his daughter Maria have been very important in the modern Dão story. They have two

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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, 2026 jamiegoode

Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their

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
Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much
Australia Features Latest 

Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 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.

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