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Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima completes its reinvention, and the new wines hit the spot

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 2350 Views

Website: https://cortesdecima.pt/en/ Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima has gone through quite a transformation since Anna Jørgensen (above) took over from

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Features Food and wine Latest Profiles South Africa 

Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

January 5, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode 10495 Views

Website:  https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has

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Goode’s crib sheets, no. 3: Chablis

January 5, 2026February 14, 2026 jamiegoode 1310 Views

I’m quite a fan of Chablis, but it pays here (as in most regions) to pick producers. There are lots

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A brilliant wine dinner with friends at the Drapers Arms, with 15 interesting wines

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 jamiegoode 2598 Views

This was a brilliant wine dinner with a nice crowd, at the excellent Drapers Arms. We all brought a couple

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Features Latest South Africa 

A Pinotage study, comparing six examples of this South African speciality

January 3, 2026January 3, 2026 jamiegoode 2069 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is such an interesting grape variety. You can read all about its origins, its struggles and its triumphs in

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Features France Latest 

Exploring the Roussillon (6) Château Lauriga

January 2, 2026January 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1166 Views Roussillon

Website: https://www.lauriga.com/en/ Lauriga is based in Thuir, in the Les Aspres terroir of the Roussillon. It’s an old estate that

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2025, a wine year in pictures

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1687 Views

Here’s a selection of pictures from 2025. Quite a year.

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Champagne Features Latest 

A mini-Champagne study: Ayala, Bollinger, Albert Lebrun, Forget Brimont

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode 2157 Views

Tried these four Champagnes together to compare and contrast. Ayala came out really well from this comparison. Champagne Ayala Brut

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Exploring the Roussillon (5) Torredemer Mangin

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 jamiegoode 1975 Views

Website: https://torredemer-mangin.com/ Torredemer Mangin is an exciting new producer in the Roussillon. It’s a collaboration between Romain Torredemer (aged 33)

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California Features Latest 

Failla Wines: beautiful site-specific wines from some of northern California’s best vineyards

December 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1931 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://www.faillawines.com/ Ehren Jordan is the winemaker and owner at Failla, and he’s quite a dude. He got his first

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (14) Nostalgia
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (14) Nostalgia

September 5, 2026September 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://nostalgiawines.ca/ Gina Fernandes Harfman is the owner and winemaker at Nostalgia Wines, based in Black Sage Bench in Canada’s

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode
Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
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Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 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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