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Bulgaria Features 

Exploring Bulgarian Wine (8) Villa Melnik

April 14, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1702 Views

Villa Melnik is a family-owned winery in Harsovo, in southwest Bulgaria, in the Struma River Valley of the Thracian Valley.

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Bulgaria Features 

Exploring Bulgarian Wine (7) Katarzyna Wine

April 14, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2758 Views

I tried the wines of Katarzyna at their wine shop and bar in Sofia. The winery itself is located in

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Features Italy 

The wines of Gian Luca Colombo, Piemonte, Italy

April 14, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1891 Views Nebbiolo, Piemonte

Website: https://gianlucacolombovini.it/en/ Gian Luca Colombo is well known as a leading consultant in Piemonte, but he also has his own

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Sandridge Barton Sharpham Figgie Daniels 2022

April 13, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 957 Views

Website: https://sandridgebarton.com/ Sharpham Figgie Daniel Madeleine Angevine & Pinot Blanc Col Fondo 2022 Devon, England12% alcohol. What used to be

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Alsace Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2022 Alsace

April 12, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1304 Views pinot noir

Website: https://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/ Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2023 Alsace, France12.5% alcohol . Served chilled sitting outside this is just perfect

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Australia Highlights Languedoc 

Highlights: two ambitious Viogniers, from Yalumba and Laurent Miquel

April 11, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1047 Views Viognier

Viognier is a really interesting grape variety, and these are two ambitious examples from producers who have focused quite strongly

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Features Poland Regions 

The wines of Kamil Barczentewicz, a leading light from Poland

April 10, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2793 Views

Kamil Barczentweicz is making some stunning wines from central southeast Poland. He’s planted 11.5 hectares in stages, beginning in 2017,

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Exploring the Best of Georgian Wines: A Lineup for UK Wine Enthusiasts

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025 jamiegoode 1942 Views

[Please note that this is a sponsored article and is not authored by me] Wine, at its best, is not

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Quintessa 2021 Napa, California

April 9, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1106 Views Napa

Website: https://www.quintessa.com/ Quintessa make just one red each year from its 135 acres of vines in Rutherford. There’s no second

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand Pinot Gris – a mini-study with Rockburn, Isabel, Ata Rangi and Greywacke

April 7, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2183 Views pinot gris

These are four interesting, and contrasting examples of Kiwi Pinot Gris. It’s one of those grapes that professionals don’t seem

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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.anthillfarms.com/ Anthill Farms began with 8 barrels of wine in 2024, and was started by three winemakers who’d met

The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
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The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
Features Portugal 

The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode
New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 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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