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Some Fairtrade wines from the Co-op

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 jamiegoode 6667 Views

UK supermarket The Cooperative are the world’s largest retailer of Fairtrade wines. You can read more about what Fairtrade means

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Chile Features Highlights 

Highlights: De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault 2020, Itata, Chile

February 14, 2022February 24, 2022 Treve Ring 6495 Views Amphora, Itata

This wine really launched De Martino, and Itata, on the world wine map when the first vintage in 2011 was

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Plaimont: looking to old varieties for future success

February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 7819 Views

Back in 1979, three co-operative wineries in the southwest of France joined forces. The cellars of Plaisance, Aignan and Saint

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Burgundy Features 

The 2019s from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

February 11, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 13723 Views

Jamie Goode tastes the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2019 releases Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, usually just referred to as DRC,

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Chile Features 

New Wave Chile is here, with a little help from South Africa: the wines of Longavi

February 10, 2022May 15, 2022 Lisse Garnett 6609 Views

Inspired by the Swartland Revolution, three men have started a cross cultural company making low intervention wines from old vines

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Canada Features Profiles 

Lightfoot & Wolfville: exciting wines from Nova Scotia, Canada

February 7, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 6598 Views Nova Scotia

Lightfoot & Wolfville have, in a short time, established themselves as one of Nova Scotia’s – and also Canada’s –

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The problem with varietial labelling

February 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5712 Views

California in the 1960s, Australia in the 1970s. A shift in emphasis that was to prove a turning point in

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California Features 

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, some of the world’s most expensive grapes

January 31, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 15558 Views Napa

Grape prices are really interesting. They vary quite a lot, dependent on region, variety, health of the grapes, the vineyard

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Features Languedoc 

Three interesting Pays d’Oc wines: Nielluccio, Roussanne/Viognier and a Syrah-led red blend

January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5726 Views

The Languedoc is an interesting place to grow wine grapes, with lots of great terroirs and also a climate conducive

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Features Japan Profiles 

New releases from Château Mercian, Japan

January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5110 Views

I tasted these new releases from important Japanese producer Mercian on a zoom call with their team. As well as

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Julian Reynolds Wine
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

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
doran vineyard
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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