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Features South Africa 

Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 jamiegoode 11479 Views soft drinks, tonics

Tista Cristini is the dude behind Symmetry Tonic Essences. He left South Africa for 15 years, and spent a decade

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Alsace Features 

Vivant: a new interactive online wine experience

April 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6823 Views

Michael Baum, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, entered the wine world in 2014 when he bought Château de Pommard in Burgundy. As

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux Iron Syrah 2018 Swartland, South Africa

April 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6457 Views swartland, syrah

Mullineux is one of the Swartland’s most important wineries. In 2011 they launched two terroir-specific Syrahs: Schist and Granite. In

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Profiles Regions Uruguay 

Discovering the wines of Uruguay: Cerro Chapeu/Castel Pujol, the wines of the Carrau family

April 7, 2021 jamiegoode 9331 Views tannat

I met with owner/winemaker Dr Francisco Carrau and his daughter Pia Carrau to taste these wines. The name of the

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Dureuil-Janthial Rully 2018 Bourgogne, France

April 7, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7588 Views Chardonnay

So impressed by this. One of the few benefits from rising prices in Burgundy is that people are beginning to

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England Profiles 

New releases from Simpsons Wine Estate in Kent

April 6, 2021 jamiegoode 5720 Views

Based on the slopes of the North Downs in Kent, Simpsons Wine Estate is an impressive operation turning out some

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France Highlights 

Highlights: high-end wines from Calmel & Joseph

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 jamiegoode 5853 Views Languedoc

Calmel & Joseph are an impressive, forward-thinking winery in France’s Languedoc region. They have a large domaine of 160 hectares

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Features TOP STORIES 

Mediadoping: how some social media influencers aren’t playing fair

April 4, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 11013 Views

I love Instagram. I spend a lot of time there, and I make some money from paid partnerships. It’s one

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Features 

Oeno at home: tasting wines from this high-end wine company

April 2, 2021 jamiegoode 5480 Views

This time last year I went to an amazing tasting at Landing 42 of the Leadenhall Building in London. It

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Features Wine Science 

Ageing wines in space? Sending dormant vines into space? Is this at all scientifically interesting?

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 jamiegoode 8868 Views

Ageing wine in space? It’s all over the news at the moment, courtesy a rather bizarre publicity stunt that’s looking

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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya

September 23, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
Features Germany Latest 

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 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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