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Features Hungary Latest 

Hungary’s wine crown jewel: a masterclass on Tokaji, one of the world’s top sweet wines

September 14, 2025September 15, 2025 jamiegoode 4186 Views tokaji

Tokaji is one of the world’s great sweet wines, and so it was great to attend this masterclass in Budapest,

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Hungary’s red grape varieties: a masterclass in Budapest

September 11, 2025 jamiegoode 2833 Views

This masterclass looked at Hungary’s red grape varieties, and was presented by two of Hungary’s leading winegrowers. First, Andrea Gere

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Wines from Emmanuel Giboulot, Bourgogne, tasted at Dynamic Vines

September 7, 2025 jamiegoode 2560 Views

Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/ Dynamic Vines is a respected importer of biodynamic, organic and low-intervention wines based in Bermondsey, London. On Saturday

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Features Greece Latest 

Greek wines from female winemakers at Maltby and Greek

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 jamiegoode 2116 Views

Website: https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/ A chance encounter led to a great tasting. I was in Bermondsey exploring Spa Terminus, where many wholesale

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Features France Italy Latest Spain 

Nice wines at the 67 Sessions: Le Moine, Brocard, Scala Dei, San Leonardo

September 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2302 Views Chablis, champagne, Priorat

The evening before the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards, there was a new event. The 67 Sessions, an

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Origin roasters, Cape Town – an amazing coffee experience

September 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2105 Views coffee

Website: https://originroasting.co.za/ On my last visit to Cape Town we stopped off at Origin, which is a coffee roaster and

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Alsace Features Latest 

Alsace Pinot Noir, a mini study

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 2323 Views pinot noir

I tasted quite a bit of Pinot Noir when I last visited Alsace in autumn 2023, and came away impressed.

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Let’s look at the coffee market, and see what this can tell us about wine

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 jamiegoode 1808 Views Business of wine, coffee

People in wine talking about ‘the wine industry’ often get themselves in a stew. As I’ve said before often, and

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Features Latest Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2022 Spain

August 30, 2025 jamiegoode 1929 Views manzanilla, palomino, sherry

Another beauty from Ramiro Ibáñez. Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2022 Spain11.5% alcohol. This is Palomino from a collection of

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Champagne Features Latest 

Watching the Aldeburgh moonrise with Champagne: Lanson Le Black and Heidsieck & Co Monopole

August 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1675 Views

On a recent trip to the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts we sat on the beach at Aldeburgh as the sun

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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 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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