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Features Portugal 

Sem Igual: an exciting modern take on Vinho Verde, Portugal

August 20, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 8114 Views Vinho Verde

Website: https://www.100igual.pt/ João Camizao and Leila Camizao Rocha (pictured above) came into winegrowing from the outside. He was (and still

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Features Spain 

Cava discovery (8) Bolet

August 19, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4493 Views cava

Website: https://www.cavasbolet.com/ Josep Anton Bolet is a seventh-generation Penèdes farmer, with 70 hectares of vines across three farms. He started

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Features New Zealand 

Spoke: a new range of boutique wines from New Zealand’s Marlborough region

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7633 Views Marlborough

Website: https://vineyard-productions.com/wine/spoke/ Marlborough is home to some big wineries. By my reckoning there are five that each process more than

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Features Hungary 

Top Hungarian wines from Borett wines: a portfolio of some of the country’s leading artisan wineries

August 16, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7573 Views

Website: https://www.borett.com/ On a recent trip to Hungary I met up with Maria Crabb (pictured above), the dynamic force behind

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Features Regions Spain 

Sherry heaven: the 2023 release of Lustau’s 3 en rama

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 jamiegoode 7043 Views sherry

Website: Lustau 3 en rama En Rama sherry – bottled straight from the casks, raw and unfiltered, have become a

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Features Profiles Regions Slovenia TOP STORIES 

In Slovenia (5) visiting Vino Gross in Haloze (updated with new releases)

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 jamiegoode 10721 Views

Haloze is a hidden place, says Michael Gross. He comes from a winegrowing family, and with his brother, was running

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Burgundy Features 

Exploring Bourgogne (2) Cave de Bailly-Lapierre, specialists in Crémant

August 13, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6406 Views Sparkling wine

Cave de Bailly-LapierreHameau de Bailly – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 77 77www.bailly-lapierre.fr Located just above on the Yonne

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Features Latest 

Fine wines with friends: the joy of tasting blind whatever people bring along

August 11, 2023 jamiegoode 4284 Views

Notes from a gathering of wine trade friends at Christina Rasmussen’s place, with Rajat Parr as an overseas guest. These

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Visiting Gutter & Stars, an urban winery in a Cambridge windmill

August 9, 2023August 10, 2023 jamiegoode 8558 Views

Website: https://www.gutterandstars.co.uk/ Chris Wilson is a journalist-turned-winemaker. He was – and still is – a wine journalist, but turned to

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Features Italy 

Piemonte adventure (5) visiting GD Vajra, one of Barolo’s top producers

August 8, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 8534 Views Piemonte

Website: https://www.gdvajra.it/en/homepage ‘We are 50 years old, which makes us youngsters in the region, and we had a very humble

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A mature Penfolds tasting with Yattarna, Bin 389, St Henri, Bin 707 and Grange
Australia Features Latest 

A mature Penfolds tasting with Yattarna, Bin 389, St Henri, Bin 707 and Grange

September 29, 2026 jamiegoode

Penfolds is one of Australia’s most important wine companies, famous for Grange (Bin 95), the red blend they have made

Argentina Reloaded! A tasting by Paz Levinson showing the cutting edge of Argentina’s wine offering
Argentina Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Argentina Reloaded! A tasting by Paz Levinson showing the cutting edge of Argentina’s wine offering

September 28, 2026September 28, 2026 jamiegoode
Four lovely wines at Noble Rot Mayfair: Langham, Phelan Farms, Sclavos and Suertes del Marques
Features Food and wine Latest 

Four lovely wines at Noble Rot Mayfair: Langham, Phelan Farms, Sclavos and Suertes del Marques

September 27, 2026 jamiegoode
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Chile Features Latest Regions 

Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting naturally made wines from an amazing old vineyard

September 25, 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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