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Champagne England Videos 

English sparkling wine versus Champagne: one producer went to Reims to blind taste consumers on the streets!

June 12, 2023June 13, 2023 jamiegoode 4998 Views

In a slightly naughty experiment English sparkling wine producer Chapel Down took their wine to Reims in the heart of

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Cava discovery (3) Can Sala by Família Ferrer

June 12, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5126 Views cava

This is one of the gems of Cava: an ultratraditional producer making wines of class and poise, based on long

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Testalonga El Bandito Lords of Dogtown 2022 Swartland, South Africa

June 11, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5316 Views

This is a rare Chenin Blanc from Testalonga, one of the leading natural wineries in South Africa’s Swartland. It’s from

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Features Portugal Regions 

Quinta de Santiago: some lovely naturally inclined wines from Vinho Verde, Portugal

June 9, 2023 jamiegoode 6770 Views Vinho Verde

Website: Quinta de Santiago I tasted these wines with Joana Santiago, who came to work at her family estate in

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Features Regions Rhone 

Domaine Purviti, an exciting new domaine from the southern Rhône

June 7, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 6132 Views

Website: Domaine Purviti This is a new domaine created four years ago by Ingrid Nueil. Previously she was MD of

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Champagne Features 

New releases from Champagne Ayala, including 2013 La Perle

June 7, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4417 Views

These are the new releases from Champagne Ayala, the sister house to Bollinger (but run completely separately) in Aÿ. Founded

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Features Italy 

Piemonte adventure (3) Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Alba and Bra

June 5, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 8403 Views Piemonte

A day of travel. From La Morra, to Barolo on a Sunday morning. This may be the village the famous

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger Rosé NV

June 4, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4088 Views

Unfortunately, unlike the regular NV, I can’t get this in the local convenience store for £34. But I really like

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Features Portugal Sponsored content 

Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (5) tasting the wines

June 2, 2023 jamiegoode 6660 Views Tejo

This was a large tasting of Tejo wines, many of which had scored highly at a large competition in the

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Features Latest Portugal Sponsored content 

Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (2) Pedro Sereno and Marquês de Tomar

June 2, 2023July 6, 2023 jamiegoode 8174 Views Tejo

Pedro Sereno represents the new face of Tejo. He’s making relatively small quantities of terroir-focused wines from the Tomar in

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Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed
Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.hazendal.co.za/ Hazendal is a historic wine farm in the Bottelary Hills subregion of Stellenbosch that has been transformed. It

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 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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