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Australia Features Profiles Regions 

Fleet Wines: an artisanal producer from Gippsland in Victoria, Australia

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 jamiegoode 6542 Views

I’m impressed by Fleet Wines. This is a small producer in the cool-climate wine region of Gippsland, quite close to

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Features Regions Switzerland 

Some top Swiss wines

March 9, 2022March 25, 2022 jamiegoode 15412 Views

This was a chance to taste some leading Swiss wines, which was of interest in part because we don’t often

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Highlights Loire 

Highlights: Thierry Germain Clos de L’Echelier 2019 Saumur Champigny

March 7, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5573 Views

This is impressive: it’s a varietal Cabernet Franc from a 2.5 hectare clos, surrounded by a 300 year old wall.

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Champagne Regions 

Sip Champagnes: 10 top wines from this new UK importer

March 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 7040 Views

Sip Champagnes is a specialist Champagne importer established by Peter Crawford in 2020. Peter has been travelling to the region

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Profiles Regions Spain 

Lalomba: an exciting new project from Rioja

March 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 7671 Views Rioja

[Original article from October 2020, updated March 2022] Lalomba is an exciting new project from Ramón Bilbao, one of Spain’s

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Red Newt: tasting some of the Finger Lakes’ best wines with winemaker Kelby Russell

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 jamiegoode 5797 Views Finger Lakes

Kelby Russell was in town, so I caught up with him at his importers, The Wine Treasury, to taste through

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Features Italy Profiles 

The wines of Giulia Negri, Barolo

March 3, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 20873 Views barolo

Guilia Negri is emerging as an exciting star in Barolo, but her journey isn’t a typical one. She was born

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Features Spain 

Spain’s reinvention: how new wines and new styles have made Spain one of the world’s most exciting wine countries

March 2, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 8750 Views

Each new year, I go through all the notes I’ve taken on wines that I’ve drunk over the previous 365

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The most famous Italian red wines and their pairings

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 jamiegoode 7893 Views

Italy is one of the world’s leading wine countries. From the relatively cool mountainous north, down to the hot southerly

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Beaujolais Features TOP STORIES 

A natural Beaujolais fest at Soif

February 28, 2022 jamiegoode 5824 Views

Les Caves de Pyrene are a UK wine importer who have shown a big commitment to Beaujolais over the years.

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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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