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Highlights: Everflyht Brut NV Sussex, England

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3381 Views

Website: https://www.everflyht.com/ This is a single vineyard estate at the foot of Ditchling Beacon in the South Downs, in East

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Chianti Classico deep dive (3) Fèlsina

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 3966 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.felsina.it/en/ Like many of Chianti Classico’s grand properties, the land at the extensive Fèlsina estate was farmed by sharecroppers

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Features Latest South Africa 

The Old Road Wine Co, a Franschhoek-based winery making some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 11, 2024March 17, 2026 jamiegoode 6808 Views Franschhoek

Website: https://oldroadwinecompany.com/ The Old Road Wine Ci is part of the larger Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) group, and owned by

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Video: the famous La Colline Semillon vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 6138 Views Semillon

Old Road Wine Co winemaker Ryan Puttick introduces the La Colline Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa. Planted in 1936 by

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My science CV

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 jamiegoode 6619 Views

After reading a recent book review that questioned my scientific credentials (I don’t think they were aware of the first

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Visiting Constantino Ramos, resurrecting the red wines of Monção and Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 jamiegoode 5941 Views Vinho Verde

‘My background is from the pharmaceutical industry,’ says Constantino. ‘My family didn’t produce wine.’ He did a degree in pharmacy

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Video: visiting Constantino Ramos, one of the most exciting producers in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region

January 8, 2024 jamiegoode 5090 Views Vinho Verde

Constantino Ramos came from the pharmaceutical industry, where he was running clinical trials, and shifted to his passion, wine. He

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Highlights: Umani Ronchi Fonte Del Re Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 2022 Italy

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 4903 Views

Supermarkets aren’t always the best place to find characterful, interesting wines, but this remarkable Lacrima is available in the UK

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Highlights: Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of Long Island, New York

January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 3038 Views

Really liked this aged Bordeaux blend from Long Island in New York State. Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of

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Restaurants: Plateau, Brighton

January 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3326 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.plateaubrighton.co.uk/ Plateau is one of those restaurants that I love to eat at. A lunch today, on a bright

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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