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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Viticoltori de Conciliis Donnaluna Aglianico 2018 Paestum IGP, Italy

January 6, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5009 Views aglianico

Viticoltori de Conciliis is based in southern Campania and was founded as a winery in 1996. This is when three

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Hungary Profiles 

The wines of Unwritten Poem, from Tiwari House, Hungary

January 5, 2022 jamiegoode 5694 Views

These three wines come from Lake Balaton in Hungary, region with a good reputation for interesting wines from its volcanic

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Features Languedoc Regions 

Picpoul de Pinet: a Languedoc success story taking a step forward with new ‘Patience’ wines

January 3, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 18946 Views Picpoul de Pinet

AOP Picpoul de Pinet is the only white wine appellation in the Languedoc, and it’s on a roll right now.

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Highlights Spain 

Highlight: Bodegas Tradicion Amontillado 30 Years VQRS

January 2, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4983 Views sherry

I visited Bodegas Tradicion a couple of years ago. It’s one of the very best bodegas in Jerez. Began the

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Features 

Outside of its consumption, wine has no meaning

December 31, 2021February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 9678 Views

A year ago, a wine story escaped the industry bubble and made news. It was of a 79 year old

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Champagne Features Regions 

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Le Clos Saint-Hilaire: tasting all 7 releases to date

December 27, 2021February 25, 2022 jamiegoode 9177 Views

This was my first time tasting one of Champagne Billecart-Salmon’s prestige cuvées, Clos Saint-Hilaire. It comes from a single-hectare plot

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Niepoort Vintage Port 2003

December 26, 2021February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5563 Views Port

This is a Vintage Port that I tried early on in its life, and then went an bought a bottle

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France

December 22, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 5011 Views

Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well

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England Features Regions 

The Crouch Valley, Essex: a leading region for English still wines

December 20, 2021July 23, 2024 jamiegoode 16122 Views

The Crouch Valley in Essex is turning out to be a hotspot for still English wines. The reason? It is

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England Regions Videos 

Video: The Crouch Valley in Essex is emerging as a leading English wine region

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 jamiegoode 7022 Views

There is a lot of excitement about the Crouch Valley in Essex, which is emerging as a top wine growing

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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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