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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: Domaine du Pélican Savagnin Ouillé 2019 Arbois, Jura, France

December 12, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5764 Views Savagnin

Guillaume d’Angerville, from Volnay in Bourgogne, established Domaine du Pélican in 2012 after he was seduced by a bottle of

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Bosman Nature & Sun Grenache Noir 2020 Wellington, South Africa

December 11, 2022 jamiegoode 6804 Views Grenache, Wellington

Saw this on the shelf in Waitrose Canary Wharf today and it caught my eye. Supermarket ranges are so big

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California Profiles 

The wines of Louis M Martini, California

December 10, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4212 Views Napa, Sonoma

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established

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Features Portugal 

Poças: a Portuguese Port house now making some exceptional Douro table wines

December 7, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5103 Views Douro

Website: https://pocas.pt/en/# One Douro estate that has been taking my eye of late is Poças. They are a family owned

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Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 jamiegoode 9981 Views

Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

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Features Germany Latest 

Weingut Thörle: Impressive new wave German wines from this Rheinhessen estate

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 jamiegoode 6762 Views

Website: www.thorle-wein.de Thörle is a family domaine based in Saulheim in the Rheinhessen, and since 2006 it has been run

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clos du temple rose
Languedoc Regions TOP STORIES 

Clos du Temple, Gérard Bertrand’s ambitious rosé project in Cabrières, Languedoc

December 4, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 10697 Views Rose

Website: https://en.gerard-bertrand.com/collections/clos-du-temple Back in 2016 Gerard Bertrand purchased a beautiful estate in the rolling hills of the Haut Cabrières, and

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France Latest Regions Videos 

Visiting Clos du Temple, home to the world’s most expensive rosé

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 jamiegoode 9024 Views

Back in 2016 Gerard Bertrand purchased a beautiful estate in the rolling hills of the Haut Cabrières, and from the

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Garum, London – traditional Roman cuisine and natural wine

December 1, 2022 jamiegoode 6860 Views

Website: https://garum.co.uk/ Very excited to visit Garum, a long-awaited addition to the London restaurant scene. There are lots of natural

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Australia Features Regions TOP STORIES 

Celebrating Cabernet Sauvignon: tasting 10 benchmarks from around the wine world blind

November 28, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 6702 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Since 1982, Western Australian winery Cape Mentelle has held an International Cabernet Tasting at the winery. Founder David Hohnen began

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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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