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Interviewing Daniel Daou, who is making remarkable wines from limestone terroirs in Paso Robles, aided by some smart science

November 29, 2021December 5, 2021 jamiegoode 14803 Views

Brothers George and Daniel Daou are from Lebanon, but their family left during the civil war in the 1970s and

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Château Couhins-Lurton with Jacques Lurton: a vertical of this important white Bordeaux

November 27, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7264 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Couhins-Lurton is a small but important property in the Graves region of Bordeaux. Since 1967 it has been part of

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Objectivity in wine tasting: an appeal to sculpture

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 jamiegoode 7305 Views

Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne dates back to 1625, and is a striking work. Interestingly, Bernini intended it to be

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Armenian wine: a brief study

November 22, 2021November 24, 2021 jamiegoode 7962 Views

Website: The Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia Armenia is an interesting country for wine. With its neighbour, Georgia, it

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The new face of Cava, Spain’s traditional method sparkling wine

November 22, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 10788 Views cava

Cava is changing. Over the last few months I’ve been tasting some examples of Cava, the well-known traditional method sparkling

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Six from Vida Wines: an online retailer specialising in wines from Central and Eastern Europe

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 jamiegoode 5383 Views

Vida Wines is a new outfit specializing in central and eastern European wines. They sent a six-pack for me to

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New releases from the Vagabond Urban Winery, London

November 21, 2021November 20, 2022 jamiegoode 8636 Views

Vagabond is an urban winery based in Battersea Power Station in London. Winemaker Jose Quintana took over here in September

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Fine Wines Direct UK, a Cardiff-based wholesaler that’s currently expanding its sights

November 21, 2021November 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8130 Views

Website: finewinesdirectuk.com Nigel O’Sullivan is the man behind Fine Wines Direct UK, a Cardiff-based wholesaler that has expanded to sell

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Simpsons Wine Estate: leading still and sparkling wines from the Kent North Downs, England

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 jamiegoode 8278 Views

Website: https://simpsonswine.com/ Jamie Goode and Lisse Garnett visit a relatively new winery in the Kent North Downs who are making

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Regenerative viticulture: what is it, and why all the fuss now?

November 18, 2021 jamiegoode 39271 Views

There are lots of different ways of farming vineyards. Conventional, sustainable, organic, biodynamic – and now we have the newcomer

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The wines of Zacharioudakis, Crete
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The wines of Zacharioudakis, Crete

July 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.zacharioudakis.com/en/ Zacharioudakis is a family-owned winery from northern Crete, near Heraklion. It was started in 2000 by journalist Stelios

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

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru
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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
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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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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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