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Chile Features Latest 

Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile

February 23, 2026 jamiegoode 1661 Views Maule

Viviana Morales is the talented winegrower behind the wines of Sauzal Winery, with its brand Viñedo Los 5. As with

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Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Yabby Lake is a star of the Mornington Peninsula, making some of Australia’s best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

February 22, 2026February 22, 2026 jamiegoode 2052 Views

Website: https://www.yabbylake.com/ Yabby Lake is one of the most highly regarded of the Mornington Peninsula wineries. This is cool-climate Australia,

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On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine

February 20, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 7374 Views

Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine you have a stash of wines – maybe a small cellar of a couple

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Features Greece Latest 

Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 jamiegoode 1443 Views

Paros is one of the islands in the Cyclades, and this is a really interesting cooperative winery that brings together

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Features Latest Rhone 

Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 jamiegoode 1297 Views syrah, Viognier

Website: https://domainecolombet.fr/ Nicolas Colombet is an eighth-generation winegrower, farming 6 hectares of vines at the Condrieu-adjacent border of the Saint

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Features Italy Latest 

Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 jamiegoode 1946 Views barolo, Piemonte

Website: https://www.poderialdoconterno.com/en/Homec I was in the right place at the right time to taste these wines. They’d been opened earlier

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Chile Features Latest 

Visiting Renán Cancino of Huaso de Sauzal, making ultratraditional wines from Maule, Chile

February 18, 2026February 18, 2026 jamiegoode 1088 Views Maule

Sauzal is a small village in the northern part of Cauquenes, in the Maule region of Chile, and it’s where

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honest wine time to dance
Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Honest Wines Time to Dance 2023 Swan Valley, Western Australia

February 17, 2026 jamiegoode 1025 Views Grenache

Really like this gem from the Swan Valley, an old warm-climate region established long before Margaret River was even dreamt

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Features Latest Loire 

Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 jamiegoode 3369 Views Chenin Blanc, Vouvray

Website: https://www.domainehuet.com/ Huet is one of the great names of the Loire, and perhaps the most famous winery in Vouvray.

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Features Latest New Zealand 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode 1592 Views North Canterbury

Back in 1976, Christchurch neurologist Ivan Donaldson had caught the wine bug, and with some of his medical friends planted

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

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

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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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