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Trizanne Signature Wines: a single-vineyard approach focusing on the Cape South Coast

July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 jamiegoode 3135 Views

Website: https://www.trizanne.co.za/ Trizanne Barnard is the winegrower behind Trizanne Signature Wines, which she began in 2008, after working for four

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Leonardslee, a new sparkling wine producer from Sussex, England

July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 jamiegoode 3644 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://leonardsleefamilyvineyards.com/leonardslee-wine-estate Leonardslee is the project of Penny Streeter and her family. It’s a Sussex estate that she acquired in

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Highlights: Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 jamiegoode 3242 Views

Website: https://hedgesfamilyestate.com/ Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State, USA13.5% alcohol. 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.5% Petit

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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (3) Emeritus

July 30, 2024November 4, 2024 jamiegoode 5719 Views

Website: https://www.emeritusvineyards.com/ My first visit in Russian River Valley was a great one: Emeritus. This is a winery with two

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In Niagara (11) Dobbin, an exciting new winery

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 jamiegoode 4876 Views Niagara

Website: https://dobbinestate.com/ Dobbin is an exciting new winery on the Twenty Mile Bench in Canada’s Niagara region, and it’s based

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Grape vines in the wild: what they looked like before domestication

July 28, 2024July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 10679 Views

I’m fascinated by wild vines. We are so used to seeing vines growing neatly in rows in vineyards that sometimes

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Discovering the Mâconnais (5) Domaine Fichet

July 27, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 4397 Views Maconnais

Website: www.domainefichet.fr Domaine Fichet is one of the most impressive of the Mâconnais domaines I’ve visited. They are based in

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Discovering the Mâconnais (4) Cave d’Azé

July 27, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 4146 Views Maconnais

Website: www.caveaze.com Cave D’Azé is another of the cooperative wineries in the Mâconnais. They have 60 partner growers farming 280

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Highlights: Riverview Pinot Noir 2021 Crouch Valley, Essex

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 jamiegoode 3290 Views pinot noir

Website: https://riverviewcrouchvalley.com/ It’s an interesting time for English still wines at the moment, and the Crouch Valley in Essex is

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Highlights: Cruse Wine Co Sparkling White Zinfandel

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 jamiegoode 3454 Views Zinfandel

White Zinfandel is a category that rarely makes it to these pages (although it does get a mention in this

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.radforddale.com/ I have been following the wines of Radford Dale with some interest over the last three years. The

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Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 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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