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Cramele Recas: new releases from this significant Romanian wine producer

March 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6590 Views Romania

Cramele Recas is a large winery in Romania (1250 hectares of estate vineyards, production of 25 million bottles), making modern,

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What can wine critics learn from music reviewers? Geoffrey Moss interviews Peyton Thomas

March 19, 2021 Geoffrey Moss 8113 Views

Geoffrey Moss is a Master of Wine based in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, where he is a contributor at Gismondi on

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Features Italy 

Giorgio Melandri’s Mutililiana wines: Sangiovese thrives in Modigliana, Romagna

March 19, 2021June 8, 2021 Lisse Garnett 7937 Views Sangiovese

Modigliana, in Italy’s Romagna region, is producing Sangiovese like you have never tasted before. The Mutiliana wines of Giorgio Melandri

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Domaine Lafage: a Roussillon success story

March 17, 2021 jamiegoode 10248 Views Roussillon

Jean-Marc and Eliane Lafage have built their Roussillon domaine into one of the powerhouses of the region, expanding vineyard holdings

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Who are the true innovators in the world of wine?

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 jamiegoode 9148 Views Natural wine

Who is leading innovation in the world of wine? It’s not the big wine companies. It’s not people using cans

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Grapekeeper: a rent-a-vine program with a difference, including top producers such as Niepoort and Staffelter Hof

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 jamiegoode 8724 Views

There are plenty of rent-a-vine programs around. The idea behind them is that you rent a portion of a vineyard

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Piquette, the natural wine craze taking off in the UK, but banned in the EU

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 jamiegoode 19389 Views Natural wine

Lower in alcohol, lower in price, and compatible with the low/no waste culture, what’s not to like about piquette? Especially

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Features South Africa 

South African Gamay almost became extinct, but there’s hope: two from Radford Dale

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 jamiegoode 7071 Views Gamay

Gamay is rare in South Africa. In 2015 there were just 12 hectares planted in the country, down from 29

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Remembering Steven Spurrier

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021 jamiegoode 8819 Views

I was sad to hear that Steven Spurrier passed today at the age of 79, after a struggle with cancer.

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El Marco de Jerez: the terroir revolution in the Sherry Triangle, with Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 (UBE, Agostado, Pandorga)

March 9, 2021May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 10539 Views sherry

There is a revolution afoot in the Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle that includes Jerez, El Puerto and Sanlúcar).

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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
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Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 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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