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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara, Canada (12) Southbrook Vineyards

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 jamiegoode 3046 Views Niagara

Website: https://www.southbrook.com/ The Redelmeier family have been farmers in Ontario since the 1940s. Current proprietor Bill Redelmeier proved to be

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Austria Features Latest TOP STORIES 

The remarkable wines of Werlitsch, Styria, Austria

January 22, 2024 jamiegoode 6186 Views Natural wine

Website: http://www.werlitsch.com/ Ewald and Brigitte Tscheppe (above) are the couple behind one of Austria’s most interesting wine projects: the Werlitsch

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Why should we care about the age of the vine that made our wine?

January 21, 2024January 23, 2024 Lisse Garnett 8075 Views Campania, Old vines

Man’s history with the vine predates the written word. Old vines map man’s passage to the new world and our

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Beaujolais Features Latest 

Beaujolais adventures (7) Clos du Mez, Fleurie

January 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3784 Views Gamay

Website: https://www.closdemez.com/ Marie-Élodie Zighera-Confuron (hence MEZ, with Confuron her added-on married name) is on a mission to make great, ageworthy

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Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Bosman, Wellington and Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 jamiegoode 3916 Views

Website: https://bosmanwines.com/ Wellington-based producer Bosman have quietly become one of the most interesting of all South African producers. They don’t

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Features Italy Latest 

Chianti Classico deep dive (4) San Felice

January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 2010 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.sanfelice.com/en San Felice is another wine estate with a lot of properties. These in the past were accommodation for

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2023

January 17, 2024January 22, 2024 Treve Ring 5685 Views

Though Champagne sales fell in 2023 (The Comité Champagne [CIVC] predicted sales of 314 million bottles vs 326 million sold

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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara, Canada (11) The Organized Crime Winery

January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3191 Views Niagara

Website: https://www.organizedcrimewinery.com/ The Organized Crime is a slightly unusual name for a winery, but they are making some really lovely

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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara, Canada (10) Malivoire, now a Gamay specialist

January 16, 2024January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3145 Views Niagara

Website: www.malivoire.com Martin Malivoire’s background is in film special effects, so during his career he saw a lot of change,

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Features Latest Loire 

A Centre Loire study: seven wines, red and white

January 14, 2024 jamiegoode 2049 Views

Tasted these Centre Loire wines together. It’s an interesting region and there are lots of good terroirs here. I visited

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Goode’s Crib Sheets No 4 – South African Chardonnay
Features Latest South Africa 

Goode’s Crib Sheets No 4 – South African Chardonnay

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 jamiegoode

South Africa is currently making some very exciting wines, and Chardonnay is one category that’s performing very well. Here’s my

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys: an overview
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys: an overview

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Appellation Marlborough Wine: the 2025 selection of Sauvignon Blanc
Features Latest New Zealand 

Appellation Marlborough Wine: the 2025 selection of Sauvignon Blanc

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 jamiegoode
North Canterbury, New Zealand (8) Greystone
Features Latest New Zealand TOP STORIES Wine Science 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (8) Greystone

January 21, 2026January 21, 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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