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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England

July 23, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 2204 Views

This is the debut vintage of the Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé, and it’s based on the 2016 vintage. The idea

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes 2020

July 11, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 3449 Views Gamay

Big fan of Burgaud’s Beaujolais wines. He’s based in Villie Morgon and makes quite sturdy, ageworthy bottles that also have

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Testalonga El Bandito Lords of Dogtown 2022 Swartland, South Africa

June 11, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4171 Views

This is a rare Chenin Blanc from Testalonga, one of the leading natural wineries in South Africa’s Swartland. It’s from

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger Rosé NV

June 4, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3141 Views

Unfortunately, unlike the regular NV, I can’t get this in the local convenience store for £34. But I really like

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1996 Pauillac, Bordeaux

May 17, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4177 Views

Grand-Puy-Lacoste was ranked as a fifth growth in the 1855 classification, but if the rankings were decided today it would

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Highlights 

Highlights: Ganevat J’en Veux Encore, rethinking fine wine

May 13, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5148 Views Natural wine

I really love this wine, and the way that it causes us to re-think fine wine. It’s not from a

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Craven Cinsaut 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 12, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 2925 Views Cinsault

I’m a big fan of the wines of Mick and Jeanine Craven, who are making some of Stellenbosch’s most interesting

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Highlights Italy Latest 

Highlights: Sottimano Barbaresco Cottá 2018, Piemonte, Italy

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Treve Ring 3800 Views barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Piemonte

Andrea Sottimano and his father Rino produce highly regarded, structural, age worthy wines from their 13 hectares across Barbaresco. This

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Chile Highlights Latest 

Highlights: two Itata wines from Dominio del Cuarzo

May 4, 2023 jamiegoode 5400 Views Cinsault, Itata, Pais

Felipe Ramirez has a lot of experience making wine around the world, including the Rhône, Burgundy and Oregon, as well

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Poggio Lamentano Vino Rosso 2020 Italy

April 18, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3390 Views Tuscany

Website: https://www.vinolamentano.com/ This is a new wine from Bolgheri (Tuscany) and there’s a story behind it. Davy Zyw is the

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The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

Earlier this month I was invited to contribute to The Judgement of Cape Town, a blind tasting of premium Chardonnay

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
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

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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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