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Features Latest Switzerland 

Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 jamiegoode 1022 Views

Website: https://mabillard-fuchs.ch/ With 3.5 hectares of vines in the village of Venthône in Switzerland’s Valais, Mabillard-Fuchs is making some really

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The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 jamiegoode 1567 Views

I’m at the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Copenhagen, and this year the opening evening was in the form of

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Some travel tips from someone who travels too much

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026 jamiegoode 1283 Views

I travel a lot. Far too much. I quite enjoy it, though. There’s something about travelling that opens your mind

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Domínio Do Açor, an exciting new producer from Dão, Portugal

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026 jamiegoode 2534 Views

Website: https://dominiodoacor.com/en/ Domínio do Açor is a relatively new project in the Dão region, and it’s already in the peer

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Features Latest Portugal 

Prior Lucas, an interesting, innovative producer in Portugal’s Bairrada region

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 jamiegoode 1184 Views Bairrada

Website: https://priorlucas.pt/en/ Back in June 2025 I spent a day with Rui Lucas, who is making some really interesting wines

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Tasting some innovative projects from Luxembourg and Germany – Kox, Dope, Piri Naturel, Kraemer and Salutaris

January 7, 2026 jamiegoode 1322 Views Natural wine

This was an informal tasting held after the Porto Protocol Living Vineyards day at Staffelterhof in the Mosel. Some of

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Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima completes its reinvention, and the new wines hit the spot

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 1956 Views

Website: https://cortesdecima.pt/en/ Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima has gone through quite a transformation since Anna Jørgensen (above) took over from

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Food and wine South Africa 

A remarkable multicourse meal at Creation, a leading winery in South Africa’s Hemel-en-Aarde wine region

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 939 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.creationwines.com/activities/ Creation is an impressive winery in the Hemel-en-Aarde wine region of South Africa. Head along the coast to

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Features Food and wine Latest Profiles South Africa 

Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

January 5, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 9662 Views

Website:  https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has

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Goode’s crib sheets, no. 3: Chablis

January 5, 2026February 14, 2026 jamiegoode 1047 Views

I’m quite a fan of Chablis, but it pays here (as in most regions) to pick producers. There are lots

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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