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Features 

AI will be terrible for media, and it may already be too late to stop

March 18, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5865 Views

Just what we need: another article about the rapid rise to prominence of artificial intelligence, and the content it is

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Features France Profiles 

Domaine Capmartin, naturally made wines from southwest France

March 16, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5888 Views

Website: Domaine Capmartin, southwest France This is a family winery, now run by Simon Capmartin. His father created the domaine

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Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Marlborough at 50: a new project to safeguard the vineyard of the future, using accelerated clonal selection

March 15, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 8651 Views

So the Marlborough wine region turns 50 this year. With its continued growth and success, you could forgive the region

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Features Greece 

Exploring Greece (1) Parparoussis Winery, Patra

March 14, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5966 Views

Parparoussis Winery, Patras, Peloponnese Parparoussis Winery, based in Patras in Western Achaia, was founded back in 1974 by Athanasios (Thanassis)

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

March 12, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3246 Views Albarino

Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker

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Island wines: a tasting exploring some stunning low-intervention bottles from Tenerife, Porto Santo, Sicily, Kefalonia, Santorini and Mallorca

March 10, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4846 Views

What is it about island wines that sets them apart? I know this is a vague question, because islands differ

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England Features 

Three leading English sparkling wines: Nyetimber, Black Chalk and Rathfinny

March 9, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4032 Views

Did a compare and contrast with three of the top names in English sparkling wines. These aren’t prestige cuvées, but

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Highlights Oregon 

Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon

March 9, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3624 Views

Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).

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Features Regions Spain 

The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain

March 7, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4973 Views

Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner

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British Airways lounge raid: better than expected

March 6, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5690 Views

One of the features of airline travel over the last few years has been the decrease in quality of the

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026
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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 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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