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Regions Washington State 

Some gems from Washington State

November 14, 2019March 12, 2020 jamiegoode 6496 Views Walla Walla

A chance to taste through a spectrum of wines from this Pacific Northwest region shows that Washington State is an

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Australia Highlights 

Empire of Dirt, exciting new wines from the Yarra

November 14, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 7647 Views Yarra Valley

Sauvignon and a Cabernet from Australia’s Yarra Valley? Normally, I’d be sceptical, but when it’s a collaboration between Timo Meyer

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Profiles South Africa 

Charles Fox, sparkling wine specialist from Elgin

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 jamiegoode 7044 Views Sparkling wine

You’d think that Elgin, with its cool climate, is well suited to sparkling wine production, although not many people make

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Features Germany 

Germany’s diversity in eight wines

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 jamiegoode 9349 Views

A quick tasting of eight different German wines showing some of the diversity of this country’s wine scene Sander Cosmic

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China Highlights 

Highlights: Greatwall Five Star Cabernet Sauvignon

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 jamiegoode 10777 Views

China is making a lot of wine, but I don’t get to try Chinese wine very often. I’ve had a

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Austria Features Regions 

Leithaberg: wines from a distinctive Austrian DAC

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 jamiegoode 9001 Views

The Leithaberg DAC is a relatively new one. Part of Austria’s Burgenland region, it makes some very smart wines from

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New Zealand Profiles 

Hermit Ram: stunning natural wines from North Canterbury

November 9, 2019December 31, 2019 jamiegoode 11126 Views Natural wine, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Since 2012 Theo Coles has been making natural wines from interesting sites in North Canterbury on the South Island of

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Profiles South Africa 

Beaumont: top wines from Bot River, South Africa

November 8, 2019 jamiegoode 8366 Views Bot River, Chenin Blanc

Sebastien Beaumont is making some impressive wines from his family farm in Bot River, including Hope Marguerite, a stunning Chenin

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Features New Zealand 

The Gimblett Gravels 2017 reds selection

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019 jamiegoode 8316 Views syrah

2017 was a tricky vintage in the Hawke’s Bay wine region. How did the red wines from the famed Gimblett

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Food and wine 

Queijo Serra da Estrela

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 jamiegoode 10588 Views

As well as making great wine, the Dão/Beira region of Portugal also makes a memorable ewes’ milk cheese This is

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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
Features Latest Spain 

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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