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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Howard’s Folly Freshco? 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5249 Views Alentejo

This is a bright red from Portalegre (the cooler, higher-altitude bit of the Alentejo) with vineyards in the granite foothills

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Portugal Videos 

Video: disgorging and bottling Pet Nat at Folias de Baco winery in Portugal’s Douro

July 7, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4841 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Pet Nat is a popular style of sparkling wine these days. The name stands for Petillant Naturel, and the process

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Portugal Regions Videos 

Video: Simplesmente Vinho 2022, a natural/authentic wine fair in Porto

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 jamiegoode 4753 Views

I’ve just been to the tenth edition of Simplesmente Vinho, a brilliant natural/authentic wine fair in Porto. Here’s a short

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Features Portugal Profiles 

Visiting Quinta do Infantado: a leading producer of Port and table wines from Portugal’s Douro

July 3, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 7502 Views Douro

Website: https://quintadoinfantado.com/en/ I first visited Quinta do Infantado 20 years ago, in May 2002 when I toured the Douro for

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Canada Features Regions 

In Niagara (3) Leaning Post

July 1, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5764 Views Niagara

Website: Leaning Post I had an evening free while I was judging the National Wine Awards of Canada, so with

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Features Regions Spain TOP STORIES 

Visiting Bodegas Tamerán, the winery of David Silva in Gran Canaria

June 29, 2022August 29, 2023 jamiegoode 13222 Views

Bodegas Tamerán is the winery owned by ex-Manchester City footballer (and club legend) David Silva. It’s based in San Bartolomé

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Champagne Videos 

Video: visiting Champagne Ayala in Aÿ

June 26, 2022 jamiegoode 4508 Views

Jamie Goode visits Champagne Ayala in the village of Aÿ, to taste the Vins Clairs from the 2021 vintage which

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Austria Profiles Regions 

The wines of Heinrich, one of Austria’s most singular producers

June 24, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 10142 Views biodynamics, Burgenland, Limestone, Schist

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring report on this important Burgenland producer Gernot and Heike Heinrich are custodians of one of

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Canada Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (2) Tawse and Redstone

June 22, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5593 Views

Stop two on the Niagara journey was at Redstone winery in Beamsville, to taste their wines but also those of

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Craven Pinot Gris 2020 Stellenbosch, South Africa

June 21, 2022 jamiegoode 4887 Views pinot gris

There’s not much Pinot Gris in Stellenbosch. It’s perhaps planted in three vineyards, and the one this comes from is

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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 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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