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France Highlights 

Highlights: Les Vignes de Paradis Savagnin 2019 IGP Vin des Allobroges, Savoie, France

May 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7216 Views Savoie

Dominique Lucas comes from Burgundy, and a winemaking family, but chose to set up in the Haut-Savoie, on the border

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The wines of Quinta da Boavista, Douro, Portugal

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7749 Views Douro

Website: https://quintadaboavista.com/en/ Boavista is an important Quinta in the Cima Corgo subregion of the Douro. It is best known for

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2008

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7935 Views

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 76% Grands Crus and 24% Premiers Crus; 55% Pinot

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Hauvette Dolia 2013 IGP Alpilles, Provence, France

May 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6622 Views Natural wine, Provence

Dominique Hauvette had a day job as a lawyer, but wine came calling in the mid-1980s and she left her

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Bala Baya, an Israeli restaurant in Southwark

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 jamiegoode 8426 Views

Website: https://balabaya.co.uk/ Bala Baya, in a small complex of restaurants under the arches in Southwark, is an Israeli restaurant, that

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Ageing Pinot: four top examples of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage

May 5, 2021 jamiegoode 7615 Views pinot noir

These were wines I tasted as part of a virtual 2021 IPNC masterclass on ageing Pinot Noir. Present were wine

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Features 

The wine critics: what are we to make of Vinous Preview?

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 jamiegoode 14900 Views

I’m fascinated by the world of wine criticism, so much so that a while back I used it as the

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Features Regions Spain 

An Albariño study: four top wines

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 jamiegoode 6816 Views Albarino, rias baixas

I tried these four excellent examples of Albariño with Ben Llewelyn of Carte Blanche, who is their importer. Saras Albariño

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Three Crows Syrah 2019 Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay

May 1, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6517 Views syrah

Hawke’s Bay, in New Zealand, is home to some of New Zealand’s best red wines, including some impressive Syrah. This

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England Highlights Regions 

Sugrue ‘The Trouble With Dreams’ – two versions of the same English sparkling wine

April 29, 2021May 3, 2021 jamiegoode 9283 Views

Dermot Sugrue is one of the most respected sparkling winemakers in the UK. He was winemaker at Nyetimber for a

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.radforddale.com/ I have been following the wines of Radford Dale with some interest over the last three years. The

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
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Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 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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