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Features Food and wine 

Exploring Turkey’s wines with Isa Bal MS

June 6, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 9297 Views Hittites, Turkey

Acclaimed Master Sommelier Isa Bal to turn Producer Michelin starred Trivet already has the largest selection of fine Turkish wine

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Austria Features Latest 

VieVinum 2022: a Victorious Return to Vienna

June 1, 2022June 2, 2022 Treve Ring 5559 Views biodynamics, gruner veltliner, Riesling

After 4 long years, Vie Vinum, Austria’s national wine show, make a victorious return. Spread throughout Vienna’s magisterial Hofburg Palace,

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Features Profiles Slovenia 

In Slovenia (4) visiting Roka, in Kog

May 30, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 7706 Views

Liam and Sinead Cabot hail from Ireland, where they currently run a successful wine importing business, Cabot & Co https://www.cabotandco.com/

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Features Regions Slovenia 

In Slovenia (3) Marof, Prekmurje

May 28, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 7519 Views

Website: https://www.marof.eu/ Marof is an impressive winery in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, which is in the far northeast of

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Features Regions Slovenia 

In Slovenia (2) visiting Edi Simčič, Goriška Brda, Slovenia

May 26, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 9360 Views

My second stop, after a night in Ljubjana, was Edi Simčic in Goriška Brda. This is Slovenia’s most well known

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Chile Features France 

The Business of English Wine (4): Cliff Roberson of Roberson Wine transports us from the basements of 60s London to upscale Manhattan, Chile and Bordeaux as he recalls 50 full years in the trade

May 24, 2022July 10, 2022 Lisse Garnett 11316 Views

What do David Bailey, Michael Caine and Cliff Roberson have in common? They’re all working class London boys made good.

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Lyme Bay: impressive still wines from this Devon-based producer

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 jamiegoode 4533 Views

Lyme Bay, a winery based in Axeminster, Devon but sourcing grapes from top sites across England, are on a bit

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Raventós i Blanc Mas del Serral: Pepe Raventós presents Spain’s premier fizz

May 17, 2022June 24, 2025 jamiegoode 6823 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.raventos.com/ ‘This is the first presentation of the project of my dreams,’ says Pepe Raventós as he introduces us

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Features Japan Profiles Regions 

Visiting Swiss-Mura winery in Azumino, Nagano, Japan

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5278 Views

I visited this interesting project with Chiharu Uchikata (below), who explained the history of the company. It was initially established

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Features Japan Profiles Uncategorized 

Visiting Vin d’Omachi Ferme 36, a naturally inclined producer in Nagano, Japan

May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4926 Views Nagano

Yoshio Yano and his family run Vin d’Omachi Ferme 36 which is based in Omachi town. It’s a really dramatic

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Reynolds Wine Growers: top wines from the cooler north of Portugal’s Alentejo

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://reynoldswinegrowers.com/en/ Reynolds Wine Growers is a significant producer, with a 200 hectare farm in Figuera de Cima, with 40

Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru
Features Latest Regions Rhone 

Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru

July 29, 2026July 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time
Features Latest Wine Science 

Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Latest South Africa 

Revisiting the wines of Doran Vineyards, Voor Paardeberg, South Africa

July 26, 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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