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Alsace Highlights 

Highlights: Soil Therapy Dorfschatz Gewurztraminer Sec 2021 Alsace

October 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2053 Views

Soil Therapy Dorfschatz Gewurztraminer Sec 2021 Alsace12.5% alcohol. This is from Thomas Larmoyer and Merdey Tek, who established their micronegociant

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Alsace adventure (6) Domaine Kirrenbourg, the new star

October 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4187 Views

Website: https://www.domainekirrenbourg.fr/en Marc Rinaldi, the founder and owner of Domaine Kirrenbourg, has had three lives. Now aged 84, he began

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Margaret River, Australia

October 8, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2634 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Website: https://www.vassefelix.com.au/ Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Margaret River, Australia14.5% alcohol. This is the 50th release of this wine which

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Features Spain 

The amazing wines of Carmelo Peña, Bien de Altura (Gran Canaria) and Jable de Tao (Lanzarote)

October 7, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 7494 Views Canary Islands

Carmelo Peña hails from Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, and he sort of fell into wine the way many

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Gérard Bertrand An 1152 Cahors Malbec 2020

October 3, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2490 Views cahors, Malbec

Cahors, in the Southwest of France, is the region of Malbec. It’s a wonderful place making lovely wines, but with

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Parés Baltà Blanca Cusine Cava Gran Reserva 2012

October 3, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2234 Views cava, Sparkling wine

I’m a big fan of the Cavas from Parés Baltà who I visited last year (my report is here). Tried

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Features Spain 

The beautiful wines of Juan Antonio Ponce, from Manchuela, Spain

October 2, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4834 Views

Website: https://bodegasponce.es/ Manchuela is a lesser-known Spanish wine region inland from Valencia, specializing in the Bobal grape variety. It’s a

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The wines of Terre de la Custodia, Umbria, Italy

October 1, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2942 Views

Website: https://www.terredelacustodia.com/en/ Terre de la Custodia are based in Umbria, Italy. I recently tried six of their wines, and here

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Features Portugal Regions 

Honrado: an exciting Alentejo project combining enotourism, traditional gastronomy and talha wine

October 1, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2888 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Website: https://www.honrado.pt/ The south of the Alentejo wine region in Portugal is currently home to an exciting revival of traditional

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: De Wetshof Bon Vallon Chardonnay 2023

September 27, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3095 Views Chardonnay

Website: https://dewetshof.com/ De Wetshof, a winery in Robertson, are one of the unsung heroes of South African wine. They are

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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