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Features Latest Portugal 

Exploring Vinho Verde: Casa de Cello

April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 jamiegoode 787 Views Vinho Verde

Website: www.casadecello.pt Casa de Cello is the company that now owns and farms two estate properties, Quinta de San Joanne

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Features France Latest 

Domaine Milan, making impressive natural wines in Provence

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 jamiegoode 1599 Views Natural wine, Provence

Website: https://domaine-milan.com/ On Saturday morning I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey where Natalie Milan was pouring a selection of

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Features Latest Portugal 

Poreira: the excellent Douro wines of Jorge Moriera

April 25, 2026 jamiegoode 1315 Views Douro

It was back in 2001 that Jorge Moreira (pictured above) started Poeira, his personal project. He’d been making wines for

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Bordeaux Features Latest 

The hidden cost of buying wine en primeur, and why it now makes little sense

April 22, 2026 jamiegoode 3255 Views

Buying wine en primeur has two potential benefits. First, if the wine is sought after, you secure your allocation. If

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Features Languedoc Latest 

Domaine de Bon Augure, an exciting wine estate in the Languedoc with very interesting soils

April 22, 2026April 25, 2026 jamiegoode 1592 Views

Website: https://www.domainedebonaugure.fr/ Cédric Guy farms 9 hectares of very interesting vineyards near the village of Joncels, with distinctive soils. They

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Highlights: Tenuta San Guido La Difese 2024 Toscana IGT, Italy

April 20, 2026 jamiegoode 1100 Views Bolgheri

This is the bargain in the line-up from Tenuta San Guido: of course, Sassicaia and Guidalberto are amazing, but they

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Features Latest Provence 

Prestige Provence rosés and whites from Château Sainte Marguerite

April 20, 2026 jamiegoode 956 Views

Website: https://www.chateausaintemarguerite.com/en/ This was a masterclass at Wine Paris, focusing on this important estate from Provence. It was presented by

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Features Latest New Zealand Profiles 

Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris

April 18, 2026 jamiegoode 1837 Views Central Otago, pinot gris, pinot noir

Website: https://www.prophetsrock.co.nz/ At wine Paris I caught up with Paul Pujol (pictured above) to taste through the new releases from

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Features Latest Portugal 

Smart organic wines from A&D Wines, Vinho Verde, Portugal

April 17, 2026 jamiegoode 920 Views Douro

Website: https://andwines.pt/en/ This is a project based in the Baião subregion of Vinho Verde right next to the Douro. It

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Features Spain 

The wines of Son Antem Alaró, Mallorca, Spain (updated with new releases)

April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 jamiegoode 3331 Views Mallorca

Website: https://www.sonantemalaro.es/en/ Mallorca isn’t well known as a wine island, but there are some interesting projects here, and a recent

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

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

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
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
Features Germany Latest 

Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 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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