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California Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Arnot Roberts Gamay Noir 2023 El Dorado, California

April 6, 2026 jamiegoode 1399 Views Gamay

This is a brilliant expression of Californian Gamay, from one of the state’s most interesting producers, Arnot Roberts. Arnot Roberts

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Forge Cellars, one of the leading producers from New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

April 4, 2026April 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1232 Views

Website: https://www.forgecellars.com/ Forge Cellars is a boutique winery from New York’s Finger Lakes region. Rick Rainey run things (he’s the

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Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode 3812 Views

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

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Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode 2224 Views

Website: https://www.domainedestourelles.com/ At Wine Paris I caught up with Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Tourelles

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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Flint Vineyard Silex 2024, an impressive English still white

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode 1382 Views

Website: https://flintvineyard.com/ Big fan of this East Anglian winery (see my write up here) and I think this is one

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Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode 1483 Views Riesling

Website: https://www.brookswine.com/ I’ve featured Oregon winery Brooks here quite a bit (see an article from a visit in 2014, and

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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 4366 Views

The landscape of Champagne is shifting. After several years of record sales, the region is navigating a more uncertain market,

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At Far Mountain, Rodrigo Soto is making some exciting wines from mountain vineyards in Sonoma

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 1212 Views

Website: https://farmountainwine.com/ ‘I was a below-average student,’ says Rodrigo Soto, recalling his formative years growing up in Chile. He spent

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Laurent Perrier 2018

March 29, 2026 jamiegoode 1128 Views

Really impressed with this, the latest vintage release from Laurent-Perrier. Champagne Laurent Perrier Brut Millésime 2018 France12% alcohol. 100% Grand

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China Features Latest Wine Science 

Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University

March 28, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 2757 Views

Huiquin Ma presented a seminar on vine burial to the judges at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau.

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Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
Features Latest Portugal 

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode

This is a small family vineyard and farm 15 km from the ocean, in the southern part of Vinho Verde,

Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily
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Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
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Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 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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