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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Weyborne, a new-ish English sparkling wine producer tilting at the top

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 2995 Views Sparkling wine

Owner Nick Clarke to purchased the historic Blackdown Park estate in 2010 (near Haslemere, Surrey), and has planted 25 acres

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Alvear Tres Miradas Paraje de Riofrio Alto 3er Año 2019

June 21, 2024March 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2465 Views

Website: https://www.alvear.es/en/ This is an unfortified white from Alvear, one of the top producers in Montilla-Moriles in the south of

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Napa Valley, California

June 17, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3177 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

This is a Napa Classic. Beaulieu Vineyards are now owned by an Australian company (Treasury Wine Estates) but they have

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Ag.Hora Loureiro Gio Chezade x Soalheiro 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

June 13, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 1670 Views

So impressed by this wine! I tried it a while back, then bought a bottle and recently cracked it, and

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Two Cru from Domaine Benjamin Passot, Beaujolais, France

June 12, 2024August 25, 2024 Treve Ring 2663 Views Gamay

Benjamin Passot is Bourgogne by birth, with his professional experience acquired over several years on the Vosne Romanée terroirs. He

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Lourens Family Wines Lindi Carien 2022 Western Cape, South Africa

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2694 Views

Found this wine on the shelf at the Kew branch of the excellent Good Wine Shop. After a walk on

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Food and wine Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear NV Spain

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3666 Views manzanilla

Is there a better value wine than biologically aged Fino Sherry and Manzanilla? This Solear from Barbadillo is available on

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Elvio Cogno Langhe Nebbiolo Montegrilli 2021

June 7, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2351 Views Piemonte

Elvio Cogno Langhe Nebbiolo Montegrilli 2021 Piemonte, Italy14% alcohol. This is from a vineyard mid-hill in Ravera, in the village

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine de Hélène Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Vieilles Vignes Extra Brut NV

June 2, 2024August 25, 2024 Treve Ring 5235 Views champagne, Chardonnay, grower champagne

Descended from a long line of winegrowers in Cramant since 1891, Pierre Hugot has worked with highly respected domains in

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Tatomer Grüner Veltliner 2020 Santa Barbara, California

June 2, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2030 Views gruner veltliner

Website: https://www.tatomerwines.com/ A beautiful day today. Out in Regent’s Park for a picnic lunch with some 2019 Rall Ava Chenin

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Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines
Austria Features Latest Regions 

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.rosischuster.at/en/ Hannes Schuster is based in Sankt Margarethen on the western shores of Lake Neusiedlersee. Most of his vineyards

Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary
Features Hungary Latest 

Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 jamiegoode
Pharaoh, Athens: a cool vibe, with wood-fired Greek cooking, vinyl and an amazing wine list
Features Greece Latest 

Pharaoh, Athens: a cool vibe, with wood-fired Greek cooking, vinyl and an amazing wine list

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 jamiegoode
Tasting amazing Greek wines at Mr Vertigo, Athens
Features Greece Latest Regions 

Tasting amazing Greek wines at Mr Vertigo, Athens

September 17, 2025September 17, 2025 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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