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British Airways lounge raid: better than expected

March 6, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5687 Views

One of the features of airline travel over the last few years has been the decrease in quality of the

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When we taste wine, how accurate are our perceptions?

March 5, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 9524 Views

How accurate are our assessments? One question keeps coming back to me. When we judge or rate wine as professionals,

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Big news: new genetic evidence shows that the grapevine was domesticated in two locations, and 3000 years earlier than previously thought

March 2, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 77143 Views

Hold the press: Georgia turns out not to be the origin of the wine grapes widely used today. A significant,

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The wines of Allram, Kamptal, Austria

February 28, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5274 Views

Website: https://www.allram.at/en/ Allram are well located in the Kamptal, and have Riesling and Grüner Veltliner in some of the top

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Porto from the water, with some interesting wines

February 28, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3692 Views

On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous

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The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine

February 25, 2023November 14, 2025 jamiegoode 3556 Views Restaurants

Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food

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Marlborough at 50: the grower’s story

February 23, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 5442 Views Marlborough

Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region, relies heavily on growers. Wine arrived here relatively lately (first vineyard plantings of the

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Piemonte mini study: eight interesting wines

February 21, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4738 Views Nebbiolo, piedmont

I’m increasingly drawn to the red wines of Piemonte, and not just the great Barolos and Barbarescos. I recently tried

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Marlborough at 50: Dog Point, one of the region’s leading smaller wineries

February 20, 2023March 26, 2025 jamiegoode 9577 Views Marlborough

Dog Point was started by Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy, who previously worked together at Cloudy

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Marlborough at 50: the remarkable Yealands story

February 16, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 9249 Views

‘Think boldly, tread lightly, and never say it can’t be done:’ that’s the official motto Peter Yealands chose for the

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
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Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
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Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode
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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

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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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