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Argentina Features 

Argentina goes super-premium: the wines of Bemberg Estate with Daniel Pi

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 5466 Views

Website:  https://www.bembergestatewines.com/eng/home Over recent decades Argentine wine has become well established, and extremely popular. At the more commercial level, Malbec

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England Features Latest 

New releases from Flint Vineyard, East Anglia

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 5994 Views

I’ve written about impressive East Anglian winery Flint Vineyard before here and here. They are doing some interesting things. I

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Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (2) Domaine Bernard Fleuriet, Sancerre

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 jamiegoode 5514 Views Sancerre

Website: https://www.fleuriet-sancerre.com/ Bernard Fleuriet is one of Sancerre’s most interesting producers in the region, and we met with Matthieu Fleuriet

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Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (1) Domaine La Croix St-Laurent with Fabien Cirotte

October 14, 2023October 14, 2023 jamiegoode 3177 Views Sancerre

The Domaine La Croix St-Laurent is run by Joël et Sylvie Cirotte and their son Fabien (pictured above), so you

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Champagne Bruno Paillard launch the new Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru, with Alice Paillard

October 12, 2023 jamiegoode 4742 Views

Website: https://champagnebrunopaillard.com/en/ Bruno Paillard, who famously set up his own Champagne house in 1981, is a force of nature. But

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Exploring Bourgogne (4) Vignerons de Buxy

October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 jamiegoode 3486 Views

Vignerons de BuxyLes Vignes de la Croix – 71390 BuxyTel. +33 (0)3 85 92 09 92Website: www.vigneronsdebuxy.fr Vignerons de Buxy

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Austria Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the wines of Austria’s Styria region: a deep dive into Steiermark single-vineyard wines with the STK members

October 6, 2023 jamiegoode 4843 Views

Jamie Goode explores the wines of Styria (Steiermark) in Austria and comes away impressed. As part of the 2023 OTW

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

A Sijnn retrospective: tasting the past and present of this remarkable vineyard in Malgas, South Africa

October 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6479 Views

Website: https://www.sijnn.co.za/ This was a tasting and lunch to celebrate 20 years of Sijnn (pronounced ‘sane’), a vineyard located in

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Features Regions Spain 

Suertes del Marqués: tasting all vintages of the remarkable Vidonia cuvée from Tenerife’s Orotava Valley with winemaker Jonatan Garcia

October 3, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7864 Views Tenerife

Vidonia is the reinvention of a historic wine from Tenerife. Originally, it was a fortified wine from Tenerife made in

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Features 

A Sauvignon mini-study, tasting seven wines of different origins and ages

October 1, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3209 Views Sauvignon Blanc

My twin sister was in town, and she loves Sauvignon Blanc. So we did a quick blind tasting of seven

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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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