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Features Germany 

German champions: the multiple faces of Riesling

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6468 Views Riesling

This was a tasting of six Riesling wines from members of the VDP – a private German winery association founded

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Burgundy Features Profiles 

Billaud-Simon, one of the top Chablis domaines, now owned by Faiveley

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 jamiegoode 11586 Views Chablis, Chardonnay

I’m a great fan of the wines of Chablis, one of the few monocepage regions focusing on just Chardonnay from

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Features New Zealand Oregon 

New Zealand and Oregon Pinot Noir: wines from the edge

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 jamiegoode 12583 Views pinot noir

Over lockdown, there have been quite a few remote tastings, and 67 Pall Mall, with their careful sample preparation, decanting

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Features Japan Latest Regions 

In Nagano, Japan: a big tasting at Tomi Wine Chapel

July 7, 2020July 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9269 Views Nagano

I was back at the fabulous Tomi Wine Chapel in Nagano, for a wine tasting. This is a very cool

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Features Italy 

A quick Franciacorta study

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 5990 Views Sparkling wine

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.

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Features Latest Portugal 

A quick look at some top 2018 Vintage Ports

June 27, 2020 jamiegoode 9984 Views Port

2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So

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Burgundy Features 

Aligoté study: three wines compared

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 jamiegoode 11937 Views Aligote

I’m really interested in Aligoté, and it seems that this once neglected grape variety is finding increasing support. There’s a

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Features 

Does a producer have any rights to their wines, once they have sold them?

June 22, 2020 jamiegoode 9886 Views Natural wine

I recently wrote a piece for Little Wine about the grey market for wine, and how this has started to

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Features 

The new ‘Classics’ range from Marks & Spencer

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 jamiegoode 27827 Views

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has made its biggest wine launch in recent years with a new range titled ‘Classics’.

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

Megalomaniac, Niagara, Canada – interview and tasting with Sébastien Jacquey

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 jamiegoode 8448 Views Niagara

Sébastien Jacquey is winemaker at Megalomaniac in Canada’s Niagara wine region, but he’s actually a transplant from France. It was

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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
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

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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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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