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Features Lebanon 

Mersel, exciting low intervention wines from special terroirs in Lebanon

August 13, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 2821 Views

Website: https://www.merselwine.com/ Eddie Chami’s family comes from Lebanon, but moved to Australia in the 1960s. That’s where he grew up.

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Burgundy Features Food and wine 

The Remedy is one of London’s best wine bars

August 12, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 6728 Views Restaurants

Website: https://theremedylondon.com/ Just north of Oxford Street, before you get to Regent’s Park, you’ll find one of the best places

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Features 

The ‘Joan is awful’ effect, and why people working in wine shouldn’t fall for it

August 12, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1880 Views Business of wine

‘Joan Is Awful’ is the first episode of the sixth series of Black Mirror, written by Charlie Brooker. It aired

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Burgundy Features Regions 

Discovering the Mâconnais (13) Domaines Auvigue

August 10, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 3735 Views Chardonnay, Maconnais

Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/en-domaines-auvigue/ Auvigue is the jewel in the crown of Maison Jean Loron, which is one of the oldest and

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023 Côtes du Rhône, France

August 9, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1995 Views

This is a really impressive southern Rhône red from Richaud, a top producer in Cairanne. Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023

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Burgundy Features 

Discovering the Mâconnais (12) Les Vignerons de Mancey

August 8, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 3043 Views Maconnais

Website: https://www.lesvigneronsdemancey.fr/en/ Les Vignerons de Mancey is, as the name suggests, a cooperative cellar. But it’s a small cooperative, around

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Burgundy Features 

Discovering the Mâconnais (11) Domaine Eric et Catherine Giroud

August 7, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 2784 Views Chardonnay, Maconnais

Website: https://www.domainegiroud.fr/ I met with Eric and Catherine on a lovely July day in one of their vineyards, along with

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Highlights Japan 

Highlights: Niki Hills Winery Zweigeltrebe 2022 Hokkaido, Japan

August 7, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1833 Views

Niki Hills is an interesting winery based in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, which is turning out to be

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Australia Features TOP STORIES 

Visiting the Macedon Ranges, a cool-climate Australian wine region making some exciting wines (1) introduction

August 6, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 3940 Views macedon ranges

Website: https://www.macedonrangeswine.com.au/ Macedon Ranges is a small, cool-climate region in Victoria, about an hour’s drive north of Melbourne. At altitudes

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Australia Features 

Exploring the Macedon Ranges (3) Cobaw Ridge and Joshua Cooper Wines

August 6, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 4265 Views macedon ranges

Cobaw Ridge is a really interesting producer, based on the north side of the Macedon Ranges in Victoria, Australia. When

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The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bothey.co.za/wine/ Katja Leinberger and Marcel Hartman own a luxury accommodation call The Bothey, and they also have a range

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode
All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
Features Latest 

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 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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