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Highlights Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 4311 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Standing Stone Teinturier Saperavi 2018

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 6577 Views Saperavi

This is unexpected: a Saperavi from the Finger Lakes. Standing Stone – now owned by Hermann J. Wiemer – first

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Features Latest Portugal 

Made in clay (1): Talha Day, a festival of amphora wines

April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 jamiegoode 10623 Views Amphora

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring attend Amphora Wine Day at Herdade do Rocim in the Alentejo, Portugal. In this two

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Neudorf Tom’s Block Pinot Noir 2017

April 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6652 Views Nelson, pinot noir

Neudorf are the undisputed stars of New Zealand’s Nelson wine region. And this wine, Tom’s Block Pinot Noir, is really

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Sal da Terra, in search of the perfect Albariño

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 jamiegoode 9466 Views Albarino

Back in June 2018 I travelled to Galicia with chums Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw. We were on a mission:

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Wine Science 

Frost protection using sprinklers: how it really works

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 jamiegoode 17078 Views

The PR agency working for Maison Joseph Drouhin recently send out some pictures of frost protection in their Chablis vineyard

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New to wine 

New to wine: grape varieties (1) Sauvignon Blanc

March 29, 2020May 1, 2020 jamiegoode 11048 Views Sauvignon Blanc

As we have discussed here before, there are two ways of understanding wine: the grapes and the geography. So let’s

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England Profiles 

Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 8907 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Features Wine Science 

Wine science: powdery mildew, the wine world’s biggest problem

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 jamiegoode 20955 Views

Anyone who’s ever tried to grow grape vines without spraying them will probably have come across powdery mildew. It’s the

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Features South of France Videos 

In the Languedoc: Vignoble du Loup Blanc

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 9934 Views Languedoc

Jamie Goode visits this dynamic producer in France’s Minervois region, making some lovely wines from 17 hectares of biodynamically farmed

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

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
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

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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