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Argentina 

Highlights: Cara Sur Moscatel Tinto

March 14, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6537 Views

This is such an interesting wine. It’s made in tiny quantities by a partnership of two couples: Sebastián Zuccardi and

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Highlights: Chasing Rabbits Grenache 2020 Wellington, South Africa

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6770 Views Grenache

This is a lovely lighter-styled red wine from young Grenache vines in Wellington. It’s a collaborative wine, made jointly by

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Features 

Grapekeeper: a rent-a-vine program with a difference, including top producers such as Niepoort and Staffelter Hof

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 jamiegoode 8197 Views

There are plenty of rent-a-vine programs around. The idea behind them is that you rent a portion of a vineyard

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Features New York State TOP STORIES 

Piquette, the natural wine craze taking off in the UK, but banned in the EU

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 jamiegoode 18364 Views Natural wine

Lower in alcohol, lower in price, and compatible with the low/no waste culture, what’s not to like about piquette? Especially

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Highlights Oregon 

New releases from Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon legend in the making

March 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 8022 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicolas-Jay is a collaboration between Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo (Domaine Méo-Camuzet), and renowned music and media entrepreneur Jay Boberg (who

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Features South Africa 

South African Gamay almost became extinct, but there’s hope: two from Radford Dale

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 jamiegoode 6647 Views Gamay

Gamay is rare in South Africa. In 2015 there were just 12 hectares planted in the country, down from 29

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Remembering Steven Spurrier

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021 jamiegoode 7292 Views

I was sad to hear that Steven Spurrier passed today at the age of 79, after a struggle with cancer.

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Features Profiles Spain TOP STORIES 

El Marco de Jerez: the terroir revolution in the Sherry Triangle, with Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 (UBE, Agostado, Pandorga)

March 9, 2021May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 9652 Views sherry

There is a revolution afoot in the Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle that includes Jerez, El Puerto and Sanlúcar).

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Terroir Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell de Montsant 2019

March 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5968 Views Grenache

Terroir Sense Fronteres is the Montsant operation of fabled Priorat producer Terroir Al Limit (which was started by Dominik Huber

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Features Japan Regions Videos 

New wines from Château Mercian, a leading Japanese winery

March 6, 2021March 9, 2021 jamiegoode 10192 Views

I have visited Château Mercian a couple of times before. They have wineries in both of Japan’s major wine regions,

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Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile
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Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: There’s natural wine and there’s natural wine. I had a very special visit to Viñedos Herrera Alvarado with Carolina

Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile
Chile Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile

November 8, 2025 jamiegoode
In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
Chile Features Latest 

In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 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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