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Argentina California Chile Features 

País, Mission, Criolla Chica: the Beaujolais of the Americas?

June 18, 2021August 1, 2021 Lisse Garnett 13292 Views Mission, Pais

Much like the Gamay of Beaujolais, twenty years ago País was seen as fit for only commonplace, lowly table wine.

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Austria Features 

Grüner Veltliner study, and a remarkable story about the discovery of its parentage

June 17, 2021February 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7771 Views gruner veltliner

Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most important grape variety, and it’s one that is growing in popularity elsewhere. With almost 14

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Features South Africa 

The different faces of South African Chenin Blanc

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 jamiegoode 15525 Views Chenin Blanc

Of all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be

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Features Italy TOP STORIES 

Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated

June 12, 2021January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 14300 Views chianti

Held in May 2021 in London (one of six global Chianti Classico events, including Chicago, New York, Monaco, Firenze and

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Six from South America, from The Wine Society

June 8, 2021June 20, 2021 jamiegoode 5865 Views

These are six wines that form the Fine Wines of South America case at the Wine Society. At £112, which

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Features Germany Regions 

Nahe Riesling: 33 top examples from this interesting German wine region

June 4, 2021 jamiegoode 11638 Views

The Nahe wine region in Germany is on a bit of a roll. There are just over 4000 hectares of

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Features Spain 

The wines of Tantaka: Txakoli with a difference

May 29, 2021 jamiegoode 10323 Views

This is Txakoli – the famous Basque wine – with a difference. Most often an ephemeral, spritzy thirst quencher, here

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Features 

Some smart buys from UK retailer Waitrose

May 26, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 9491 Views

Highlights from the Waitrose Spring Wine Tasting, May 2021 These are some of the wines that caught my eye at

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Features Greece Regions 

Naoussa masterclass: getting to grips with Xinomavro, one of Greece’s top grape varieties

May 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8764 Views Xinomavro

Buyer Matthew Horsley hosted this Wine Society online tasting. They’ve just launched their first ever Greek offer, and these wines

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Features Portugal Regions 

A quick trip through Portuguese wine: eight wines, seven regions

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 jamiegoode 7821 Views

Eight wines that were part of a masterclass I presented at the (remotely conducted) London Wine Fair 2021, remotely. These

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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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Features Latest Portugal Regions 

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
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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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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