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Champagne Features France Latest 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024

January 7, 2025January 10, 2025 Treve Ring 1229 Views Sparkling wine

Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this

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Canada Features 

Therianthropy Wines: a rising garagiste collective from Niagara, Ontario (updated October 2024)

October 23, 2024October 24, 2024 Treve Ring 8664 Views cabernet franc, Niagara, Ontario

Therianthropy is the mythical process of shapeshifting, which is another way to view turning nature into wine. Therianthropy Wines is

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Two Cru from Domaine Benjamin Passot, Beaujolais, France

June 12, 2024August 25, 2024 Treve Ring 2182 Views Gamay

Benjamin Passot is Bourgogne by birth, with his professional experience acquired over several years on the Vosne Romanée terroirs. He

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine de Hélène Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Vieilles Vignes Extra Brut NV

June 2, 2024August 25, 2024 Treve Ring 4383 Views champagne, Chardonnay, grower champagne

Descended from a long line of winegrowers in Cramant since 1891, Pierre Hugot has worked with highly respected domains in

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Thistle and Weed Chenin Blancs

May 12, 2024July 20, 2024 Treve Ring 3066 Views Chenin Blanc

Thistle and Weed is a collaboration between the Terblanche and Wiid families, established in 2015, and led by Etienne Terblanche

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Kelvin Feku Grenache Noir 2022, WO Wellington, South Africa

May 1, 2024July 20, 2024 Treve Ring 3428 Views Grenache

Kelvin Feku is Alex Milner’s (of Natte Valleij) assistant winemaker, and this is the first release under his own label.

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Maçanita Vinhos Letra F Vinho de Mistura 2022, Douro Valley, Portugal

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Treve Ring 2714 Views Douro, Old vines

Letra F refers to the last letter in the grade for the categorization system for port grapes in the Douro,

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Barbadillo Nave Trinidad Manzanilla en Rama, Spain

January 26, 2024 Treve Ring 1140 Views manzanilla, sherry

The Nave Trininad is one of the naves in the bodega El Toro, the first warehouse that Benigno Barbadillo bought

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2023

January 17, 2024January 22, 2024 Treve Ring 4191 Views

Though Champagne sales fell in 2023 (The Comité Champagne [CIVC] predicted sales of 314 million bottles vs 326 million sold

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights : Filipa Pato & William Wouters Flos Castanea 2022, Bairrada, Portugal

January 10, 2024 Treve Ring 2862 Views Bairrada, biodynamic

This experimental project was made with the grandson of Vinho Verde biodynamic pioneer Fernando Paiva, of Quinta da Palmirinha. Paiva

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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
Australia Features Latest 

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany
Australia Features Germany Latest New Zealand 

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode
The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais
Burgundy Features Latest 

The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries
California Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025 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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