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Features Rhone 

Crozes-Hermitage (8) Domaine du Murinais, with Luc and Valentin Tardy

February 18, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2205 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Luc Tardy took over Domaine du Murinais from his father in 1988, and immediately stopped growing peaches, choosing to focus

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure day 8, Rippon

February 17, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2328 Views Central Otago

My last visit in Central Otago was with Nick and Jo Mills at Rippon. This is a stunning property on

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne UR/R18 Dégorgement 2022

February 16, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2452 Views

A treat to try this Blanc de Noirs from one of the leading growers in Champagne. Cédric Bouchard Roses de

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Features New Zealand Wine Science 

New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025 jamiegoode 4294 Views Central Otago

Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an

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Features Languedoc 

Maxime Magnon, making stunning natural wines in the Corbières, Languedoc

February 14, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2473 Views Corbieres

The wines of Maxime Magnon, natural wine star of Corbières Corbières is a beautiful wine region in the Languedoc, with

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure days 4 and 5, heading to Central Otago and visiting Te Kano

February 12, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2235 Views Central Otago

It’s a strange drive from Waipara to Queenstown, and a long one. The first two and a half hours is

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Features Greece 

Makarounas Vineyards: fine wine from Cyprus

February 11, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2995 Views cyprus

Website: www.makarounaswinery.com Makarounas Vineyards was started by Theodoros Makarounas in 2016, although his family does have a history of grape

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure, day 3, Waipara and North Canterbury

February 8, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2681 Views North Canterbury

Day 3 in New Zealand, and my last day in Waipara/North Canterbury. It turned out to be an excellent one.

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Features New Zealand Regions 

New Zealand adventure, day 2, Waipara

February 6, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3170 Views North Canterbury

The day begins as light begins to dissolve the darkness, and I see it all from my bed in the

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure, day 1: Waipara, North Canterbury

February 4, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3084 Views North Canterbury

I’m back in New Zealand for the first time since 2019, and it feels great, despite the jetlag. I travelled

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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.courelasdatorre.com/en/ This is the first time I’ve tried the wines from this Alentejo producer, based in Redondo, making organic

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
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Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 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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