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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Lallier Réflexion R.019

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 jamiegoode 5879 Views

Website: https://champagne-lallier.com/en/ Lallier recently became the first Italian-owned Champagne house when they were bought by Campari. They also hired Dominique

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Herdade do Rocim and friends: the wines of Pedro Ribeiro

January 5, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 9342 Views Alentejo, Dao, Douro

Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ With the wines of Herdade do Rocim and his own project Bojador, as well as a string of

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2022: a year in pictures (2)

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 jamiegoode 4634 Views

More of 2022 in pictures, beginning with August. AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

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Highlights South Africa TOP STORIES 

Vin de Constance 2018 – the new release of this famous sweet wine

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 jamiegoode 13557 Views

Back in the 1980s South African winery Klein Constantia revived a piece of vinous history. In the 18th and 19th

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2022: a year in pictures, part 1

January 2, 2023June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4859 Views

After three lockdown-affected years where travel was restricted, 2022 saw a return to a more normal pattern of work, exploring

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The Lisboa wine region, Portugal: a mini-study with six wines

December 30, 2022December 31, 2022 jamiegoode 6633 Views Lisboa

There are not many wine regions that change their name, and make a success of it. But one Portuguese wine

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Finger Lakes Riesling: a brief study on these wines from this celebrated New York State wine region

December 29, 2022 jamiegoode 9048 Views Riesling

I decided to open a few Rieslings from some of the best producers in the Finger Lakes, all of which

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Features Latest Rhone TOP STORIES 

Exploring Costières de Nîmes (2) Château Morgues du Grès

December 28, 2022January 20, 2023 jamiegoode 6031 Views

Website: https://www.mourguesdugres.com/en/ Jamie Goode begins his exploration of the Costières de Nîmes with a visit to the excellent Château Morgues

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: two from Monterosola, an organic Tuscan winery

December 27, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5078 Views Tuscany

This is an organically farmed estate of some 25 hectares located between Bolgheri on the coast and Chianti, in Tuscany.

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Frédéric Mabileau Les Roullères 2019 Saint-Nicholas-de-Bourgeuil

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 jamiegoode 4685 Views cabernet franc

Really impressed by this Loire Cabernet Franc, which delivers a lot of pleasure without costing a fortune. Frédéric Mabileau Les

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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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