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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Two from Vasse Felix in Margaret River, Australia

January 24, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5662 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Margaret River

I was really impressed by this pair of wines. Australia’s Margaret River is an important wine region, and its specialities

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Carignan: a small study

January 23, 2022January 28, 2022 jamiegoode 5397 Views Carignan

Time to taste five wines all made from Carignan. It’s an interesting variety that is well adapted to warm climates,

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England Features 

English Chardonnay: a quality revolution

January 22, 2022February 25, 2022 jamiegoode 9283 Views Chardonnay

It’s interesting times for English still wines at the moment, and one variety catching the eye is Chardonnay. Sommelier Donald

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England Features 

Freedom of the Press: an exciting new English winery

January 20, 2022 jamiegoode 6068 Views

Website: https://www.freedomofthepress.co.uk/ Gavin Carver established Freedom of the Press winery in 2020. Initially, it was to be an urban winery

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Lyme Bay Winery Pinot Noir 2020 Essex, England

January 18, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 6538 Views pinot noir

This is an impressive Pinot Noir showing the still wine potential of the Crouch Valley in Essex. It’s sourced from

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In Franciacorta: Corteaura

January 16, 2022January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6633 Views Franciacorta

‘I started this adventure because I loved sparkling wine,’ says Frederico Fossati, as he takes us around his winery, that

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My top wines of 2021: part 3, sparkling, sweet and fortified

January 15, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5833 Views

The last part of my round-up of leading wines from 2021, and it’s time for bubbles and sweet stuff. Again,

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My top wines from 2021, part 2: whites, orange and rosé

January 12, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 6205 Views

This is part 2 of my selections from some of the top bottles tasted and drunk last year. Again, a

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My top wines from 2021, part 1: reds

January 11, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 11217 Views

Now we are well into 2022, but I thought it would be fun to look at some of my favourite

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: El Hombre Bala 2015 Vinos de Madrid, Spain

January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 5637 Views Grenache

Gotta love infusion-style Garnacha from Gredos! This is a good one. I bought this bottle a few years ago at

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Otrepò Pavese Classese: tasting through a large range of these impressive Pinot Noir-based sparkling wines from northwest Italy
Features Italy Latest Regions Sparkling wine 

Otrepò Pavese Classese: tasting through a large range of these impressive Pinot Noir-based sparkling wines from northwest Italy

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 jamiegoode

I’ve been to a lot of wine regions around the world, but I’m yet to visit the scenic Oltrepò Pavese

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed
Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode
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

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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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