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Highlights Washington State 

Highlights: De Lille Cellars Chaleur Blanc 2018 Washington State, USA

April 26, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4432 Views

DeLille Cellars is one of Washington State’s top wineries. I visited back in 2015 (see my report here). Today I

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Features New Zealand Regions 

Corofin: new releases from one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 jamiegoode 6739 Views Chardonnay, Marlborough, pinot noir

These are the 2019 releases from one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers. Mike and Anna Paterson have been making their

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Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs
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Highlights: Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs Brut 2017 Sussex, England

April 24, 2021April 26, 2021 jamiegoode 4693 Views Chardonnay, Sparkling wine

Rathfinny are a significant new-ish entry into the English sparkling wine scene, with their vines first going into the ground

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Highlights Latest South of France 

Highlights: Jones On the QT Bin 27 Orange Macabeu 2020 France

April 23, 2021 jamiegoode 5233 Views

Jones On the QT Bin 27 Orange Macabeu 2020 FranceJust 450 bottles of this wine made. It’s from a 60

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Cas a Balaguer Salicornio Moscatel 2020 Alicante, Spain

April 22, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6418 Views Natural wine

Casa Balaguer-Vinessens is the winery responsible for this expressive skin-ferment Moscatel from Alicante in the south of Spain. It formed

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Features 

Using place to sell wine, and why sometimes we shouldn’t do it

April 21, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7560 Views

One of the attractions of wine is that it is a drink that – in some mysterious way – allows

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Loire Regions 

Loire red review: 13 wines from Saint Nicolas de Bourgeuil

April 18, 2021 jamiegoode 11228 Views cabernet franc

In the third and final write-up of my recent deep dive into the red wines of the Loire, I’m focusing

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Argentina Features 

Malbec study: four top wines from Argentina

April 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7853 Views Malbec

Malbec is such an interesting grape variety. It delivers across a range of climates: you can find it in the

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Wine Science 

Frosts and freezing: a look at the science

April 16, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 15995 Views frost

Frost is an increasing problem in the wine world, with vineyards across many regions experiencing worse frosts as a result

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Argentina Highlights Latest 

Escala Humana Livverá Bonarda 2018 Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina

April 15, 2021 jamiegoode 5377 Views bonarda

Escala Humana is the project of Germán Masera, who makes wine for Matías Michelini as his day job. This Bonarda

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Santuvario, a natural wine producer in Alto Piemonte, Italy
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Santuvario, a natural wine producer in Alto Piemonte, Italy

October 16, 2026 jamiegoode

Santuvario is a small natural wine producer based in the town of Borgomanero in Alto Piemonte, at the foot of

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
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

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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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