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Features Portugal 

The wines of Quinta dos Currais, Beira Interior, Portugal

April 5, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2797 Views

The Beira Interior is a lesser-known but really interesting wine region nestled on the eastern side of Portugal, just below

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Features New Zealand 

Nautilus, a deep dive into this Marlborough producer with winemaker Clive Jones

April 5, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2318 Views Marlborough

A few years back I spent a lot of time in Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region. Most people are

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Features Regions Rhone 

La Nouvelle Garde is an organization that brings together the next generation of Crozes-Hermitage, and they threw a party

April 3, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2717 Views crozes-hermitage

In 2023 a new association emerged in the northern Rhône, called La Nouvelle Garde de Crozes-Hermitage. This is the biggest

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Burgundy Features 

Discovering the Mâconnais (9) Domaine Joseph Lafarge

April 3, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2483 Views Maconnais

Website: https://www.josephlafarge.com/en Domaine Joseph Lafarge is a winery and hospitality operation in the Mâconnais. I visited with Anthony, who’s 10th

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Features 

A rosé mini study: Ksara, Simpsons, Lalomba, Leoube

April 3, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1606 Views Rose

Tried these four rosés together. Four countries, all quite high-end, all nicely packaged. Two cork sealed, two sealed with Vino-Lok.

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Features Rhone 

Cairanne, another rising star cru in the Rhône

April 1, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 4197 Views Cairanne

There’s been a lot of interest in the Rhône cru of Cairanne recently. It’s one of the crus capable of

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Henschke 2021 releases
Australia Features TOP STORIES 

Henschke: tasting the newly released 2021 single vineyard wines with Stephen and Prue Henschke

April 1, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 3707 Views

Website: https://www.henschke.com.au/ It’s the start of vintage when I catch up with Stephen and Prue Henschke to taste through these

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Features Regions Rhone 

Ventoux, the rising star of the Rhône Valley – tasting 24 examples

March 31, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4310 Views Ventoux

This article is based on a masterclass with Alistair Cooper at The Decouvertes Vins Rhône festival in Avignon, March 2025,

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Burgundy Features 

Exploring the Mâconnais (8) Domaine Thevenard

March 30, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3224 Views Maconnais

This is an interesting new project. In 2021 brothers Matthieu and Gaëtan Thevenard returned to the family property, which is

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Chile Features 

The Green Road wines from Miguel Torres, Chile – communicating green credentials on the label

March 30, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2829 Views

These are wines from Miguel Torres Chile, that display their green credentials. Notably, they state that they are bottled at

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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.minimalistwines.com/ I popped into Flint Wines to meet a South African winemaker that everyone is talking about. Sam Lambson

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 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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