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Champagne Latest Wine Science 

Moët et Chandon: the science behind the success of rosé Champagne

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 17476 Views

The vast majority of rosé Champagne made by blending still red wines with white wines to make a pink base

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Portugal Profiles TOP STORIES 

Taboadella, an exciting new winery from Portugal’s Dão region

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 jamiegoode 9008 Views Dao

The Amorim Group’s main activity is cork, but they are now getting increasingly involved in wine production. For 20 years,

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Bordeaux Profiles Regions 

Popcorn from Bordeaux: innovating to save a struggling Château

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 8940 Views

Bordeaux is defined in most peoples’ minds by the classed growths of the Médoc – the 4%. But this is

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Features Italy 

A quick Franciacorta study

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6058 Views Sparkling wine

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.

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Wine Science 

Juice stabulation, an interesting winemaking technique

June 28, 2020July 21, 2020 jamiegoode 20883 Views

Juice stabulation is a newly famous winemaking technique. It was first used by winemakers in Gascony a couple of decades

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Highlights Oregon 

Highlights: Bergström Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir 2014 Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon

June 28, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 4503 Views pinot noir

Bergström changed styles a few years back from big, ripe wines to wines showing more poised and balance. A smart

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Features Latest Portugal 

A quick look at some top 2018 Vintage Ports

June 27, 2020 jamiegoode 10057 Views Port

2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So

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Burgundy Features 

Aligoté study: three wines compared

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 jamiegoode 12125 Views Aligote

I’m really interested in Aligoté, and it seems that this once neglected grape variety is finding increasing support. There’s a

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California Profiles 

TOR: high-end Cabernet from Napa

June 25, 2020 jamiegoode 9043 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

Tor Kenward spent 27 years with Beringer. When he retired in 2001, he set up his own winery, TOR Wines,

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Bordeaux Profiles TOP STORIES 

In Bordeaux: Château Pedesclaux is a Pauillac star reborn

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 9937 Views

Pedesclaux is a Bordeaux Château that has been transformed. I visited in March 2019 with the director Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen and

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Features Latest Portugal 

New releases from new-wave Vinho Verde star Constantino Ramos

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 jamiegoode

I’ve written about Constantino Ramos and his wines in depth before on this site. I caught up with him at

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Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (9) Kismet Estate Winery

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 jamiegoode
Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel
Austria Features Latest 

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel

June 16, 2026June 16, 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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