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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3142 Views Pinot Meunier, Sparkling wine

This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV

March 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3578 Views

Had a few glasses of this the other evening at a function, and once again came away impressed. Champagne Charles

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Features Italy 

Biondi Santi: new releases from this star of Brunello

March 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5847 Views Brunello di Montalcino

Website: https://www.biondisanti.it/en/home/home Biondi Santi is one of Italy’s great estates. The brilliant thing about this domaine is the consistency of

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (6) exploring Lamole, the smallest UGA

March 5, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4714 Views Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico has recently been divided into 11 UGAs (Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, which translates inelegantly into Additional Geographical Units). This

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Features Portugal 

Revela: an exciting new producer from Portugal’s Dão wine region

March 4, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4767 Views Dao

Mariana Salvador is a winemaker working with Textura and the Barbetio still wines. Revela is her own project in the

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Why you should enter the new 67 Pall Mall Wine Global Wine Communicator Awards, whoever you are

March 4, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3205 Views

Hmmm, wine writing competitions. When I started out we had a few. The Glenfiddich Food and Drinks Awards were fun

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Chile Features TOP STORIES 

Dry-grown Chile: exploring Itata, a historic region whose time has now come

March 3, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 13556 Views Itata

The modern era of Chilean wine has been defined by French grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenère, Chardonnay and Sauvignon

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon 2016 France

March 1, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3533 Views

Impressed with this latest vintage release from Billecart-Salmon. Champagne Billecart Salmon Vintage Extra Brut 2016 FranceThis is 100% Grand Cru,

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Features Georgia 

Georgian natural wines (2) Manavi Wines

February 27, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5283 Views

Manavi Wines Website: https://www.manaviwines.ge/ Manavi is the project of Giorgi Aivazyan. These wines come from the village of Manavi, a

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Features Georgia 

Georgian natural wines (1) Lapati Wines

February 27, 2024September 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3885 Views

Website: https://www.lapatiwines.com/ I tasted these wines with Guillaume Gouerou, one half of Lapati Wine. He was an artist when he

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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 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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