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Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary

October 16, 2025 jamiegoode 878 Views Books

Website: https://kristiankielmayer.com/natural-wines-of-hungary/ The natural wine scene is so interesting. It has also caused a lot of griping in the wine

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Features Italy Latest 

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 454 Views Sangiovese, Tuscany

Website: https://uk.mazzei.it/ The Mazzei family are a Tuscan powerhouse. They have significant vineyards in Chianti Classico, and as well as

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Features Latest Portugal 

Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1162 Views Natural wine

Website: https://www.esperawines.pt/en-gb Espera is a natural wine producer based in Alcobaça, in the Lisboa wine region of Portugal. Soils here

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Features Food and wine Greece Latest 

La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 552 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.latourmelas.com/ A winery that stemmed from a bet. Some time ago, Kyros Melas, a stockbroker, made a bet with

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Burgundy Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Domaine des Rouges-Queues Bourgogne Aligoté En Vauvetout 2023

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 344 Views Aligote

This is from a small domaine in Maranges established by Isabelle and Jean-Yves Vantey in 1998. They switched to farming

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, Spain

October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 jamiegoode 529 Views Mallorca

Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, SpainThis is a small cellar set up by Pep Rodriguez, who in 2008 rented some

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Highlights Hungary Latest 

Highlights: Kolonia 52 Bleu de Hongrie 2023 Balaton, Hungary

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 454 Views Blaufrankisch

This is a really interesting Hungarian red, made from Kekfrankos, aka Blaufränkisch. The name translates as Hungarian Blue (it’s French)

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Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 8447 Views Alentejo

Júlio Bastos is one of the leading winemakers in Portugal’s Alentejo region, and his family property, located near Estremoz, is

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England Features Latest 

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1038 Views Sparkling wine

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

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Features Latest 

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode 1266 Views Business of wine

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 jamiegoode

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025October 26, 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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