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Australia Features 

Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues

January 29, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4954 Views

Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of

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Bordeaux Features Regions 

Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated

January 26, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 9212 Views

2020 is a much heralded vintage in Bordeaux. Here I got to try many of the top wines in bottle,

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South Africa Videos 

Video: tasting 53 Cap Classiques, sparkling wines from South Africa

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 jamiegoode 4513 Views

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring meet with some of South Africa’s top winemakers to taste through 53 Cap Classiques. These

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Features New York State 

The wines of New York State: a snapshot tasting of interesting bottles

January 24, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4898 Views

Dan Belmont had been filming for the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, and in the process had opened some

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Features Rhone 

The wines of Réné Rostaing, Northern Rhône

January 22, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 6743 Views Northern Rhone

One of the top names in the northern Rhône, Réné Rostaing built up his domaine from scratch, and now has

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Features Rhone Wine Science 

Exploring Costières de Nîmes (3) Michel Gassier and family, adopting regenerative viticulture

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 8131 Views

Website: https://www.famillegassier.com/en/ Michel Gassier is one of the leading producers in Costières de Nîmes, and has two domaines, making three

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes Grand Blanc Sec 2020 Bordeaux

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5327 Views

Suduiraut, a leading Sauternes producer, have decided to take dry white Bordeaux more seriously. It’s a good move: while their

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Features Japan 

An evening of sake from Niigata Prefecture, Japan

January 18, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4287 Views sake

This week saw the beginning of the Niigata Fair 2023, and Yokucha, the retro ramen bar at the Japan Centre

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Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 jamiegoode 5144 Views pinot noir

I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked

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Burgundy Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Burgundy 2021: a snapshot of the vintage through the wines of nine producers

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 jamiegoode 10171 Views

Time to taste cask samples of the 2021 vintage in Burgundy. It was a much talked about vintage because of

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.radforddale.com/ I have been following the wines of Radford Dale with some interest over the last three years. The

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
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Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 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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