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Portugal Videos 

Video and notes: tasting five Ports from Ramos Pinto

January 19, 2021January 23, 2021 jamiegoode 6090 Views Port

Jamie Goode tastes five ports from Ramos Pinto: white, 20 year old tawny, LBV and then the 1995 and 1997

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Krug Rosé NV France

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 6254 Views

Champagne Krug Rosé NV France12.5% alcohol. This is 29% 2012, with 71% from reserve wines. In all, 22 wines from

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Burgundy Profiles 

The wines of Jean-Yves Devevey, Bourgogne

January 17, 2021 jamiegoode 10068 Views Chardonnay

Jean-Yves Devevey has eight hectares of vines spread among the Côte de Beaune, Hautes Côtes de Beaune and the Côte

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Features Profiles Spain 

Família Nin-Ortiz: terroir-driven wines from Priorat in Spain

January 16, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 11152 Views Grenache, Priorat

The story of Nin-Ortiz is a lovely one. It’s of two people with a shared vision finding each other, and

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Burgundy Features Italy 

A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5751 Views barolo, piedmont

Vintage variation is one of the facets of wine that makes it so complicated, but also so engrossing. Most wines

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New Zealand Videos 

Graham Norton’s celebrity wines: tasting the Sauvignon Blanc and ‘Pink by Design’

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 13763 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Since 2014 Graham Norton – comedian, actor and talk show host – has been endorsing a range of wines made

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Highlights Hungary 

Highlights: Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2007 Hungary

January 10, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6401 Views tokaji

Tokaji is one of the world’s great wines. It’s a sweet wine made primarily from botrytised grapes. These are grapes

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Pormenor, Douro, Portugal

January 8, 2021 jamiegoode 11453 Views Douro

Pedro Coelho is the winemaker behind Douro winery Pormenor. He explains that his philosophy is to make wines with minimal

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Blanc de Blancs

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8843 Views

Champagne Pascal Doquet Arpège Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut NV France12.5% alcohol. This is from three different terroirs

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California Highlights 

Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California

January 6, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 5861 Views syrah

Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t

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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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