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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 2738 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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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode 2787 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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Bulgaria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode 4924 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ I’m just on my way back from the Struma Valley in southern Bulgaria, where I was attending the

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Features Italy Latest 

Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode 2489 Views Franciacorta, Piemonte, Tuscany, veneto

Back in January 2025 well known Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli closed the doors on his London restaurant Locanda Locatelli rather

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025August 4, 2026 jamiegoode 7348 Views

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

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California Features Latest Rhone 

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode 3125 Views Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Paso Robles

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

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Books Latest 

Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley

September 30, 2025 jamiegoode 3198 Views

Website: https://academieduvinlibrary.com/ Not so much a book review as a shout out for three books, which are part of the

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Highlights: Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2018 Western Cape, South Africa

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2071 Views

Website: https://grahambeck.com/ Tried this tonight, and was really impressed. I’ve tried previous vintages, but this was quite striking in its

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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2786 Views Bolivia

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 8994 Views

Champagne Delamotte is based in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, a grand cru village in the Côte des Blancs. It was founded back

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://haywirewinery.com/ I’ve reported on the wines of Okanagan star Haywire a lot in the past. Under the hands of

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit
Features Germany Latest 

Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit

August 26, 2026 jamiegoode
Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026
Features Germany Latest Regions 

Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

August 25, 2026August 25, 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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