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Video: vintage at Tillingham

October 15, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 4659 Views Natural wine

Jamie Goode visits Tillingham winery in Sussex (UK). It’s vintage time, and after a look round and a chance to

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Glass bottles for wine: exploring the science

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 jamiegoode 14093 Views

Glass is remarkable, yet we tend to take it for granted. Wine wouldn’t be what it is today, were it

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England Features Gallery 

Gallery: vintage at Tillingham, a natural winery in Sussex, UK

October 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6404 Views Natural wine, Winemaking

Two days in Sussex. I actually did some proper work. After a gentle first day (looking round, tasting the 2020

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Features 

Three impressive gastronomic rosés

October 13, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5225 Views Rose

These three wines are from Justerini & Brooks, and all appeal. It’s great to the ranks of serious, ambitious rosé

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England

October 13, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6189 Views Sparkling wine

Roebuck Estates is new to me (they are a relatively new arrival on the UK wine scene), but I was

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Altano Organic 2019 Douro, Portugal

October 10, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6881 Views Douro

Don’t see many organic wines from the Douro, but here’s a good one, at an affordable price point. It’s from

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Profiles Spain 

Two lovely wines from Navarra, Spain: Aseginolaza y Leunda

October 8, 2020January 11, 2021 jamiegoode 5942 Views Grenache

Website: https://aseginolazayleunda.com/ Pedro Leunda and Jon Aseginolaza are childhood friends from San Sebastien, now making wine from the north western

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Highlights: Ridgeview Oak Reserve NV England

October 6, 2020December 24, 2020 jamiegoode 5693 Views

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of sparkling wine house Ridgeview, a limited edition high-end bottling has been released. The base

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Profiles Spain 

Sisseck’s Sherry: the Pingus winemaker invests in Jerez

October 5, 2020October 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8319 Views sherry

It’s early days for this new project, but perhaps it’s a sign of the future for the Sherry region that

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The hundred halters

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 jamiegoode 8672 Views

Jamie Goode discusses the future of wine criticism, and asks whether traditionalists might resist the journey into the sunlit uplands

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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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