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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 jamiegoode 3556 Views Elgin

Really liked this rather unusual white blend from Elgin winery Spioenkop. Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa13.5%

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Fox Run Ikehu Cabernet Franc 2017 Finger Lakes, New York State

December 16, 2023 jamiegoode 2869 Views cabernet franc, Finger Lakes

Cabernet Franc is a grape variety that is thriving in the Finger Lakes wine region in New York State, which

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Highlights: Pasqua Hey French: You Could Have Made This But You Didn’t

December 6, 2023December 27, 2023 jamiegoode 7642 Views

This is something a bit different. It’s a non-vintage blend, but it’s high end. And it has an arty label.

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Highlights: Castello di Fonterutoli Badiòla Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017 Italy

December 1, 2023 jamiegoode 3264 Views Chianti Classico

The new category of Gran Selezzione has been a real boost to Chianti Classico, and here’s a really good example,

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Vulpes The Cape Fox Chenin Blanc 2022 Swartland, South Africa

November 26, 2023 jamiegoode 6797 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

This is a new project from winemaker Nuschka de Vos. Her start in the wine industry was a good one:

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Highlights: Joshua Cooper Shay’s Flat Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia

November 22, 2023 Treve Ring 3820 Views biodynamic, Pyrenees

Joshua Cooper grew up in the vineyards with parents Alan and Nelly Cooper, and their pioneering biodynamic Cobaw Ridge winery

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: two Cap Classiques from Pieter Ferreira

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 jamiegoode 3266 Views

Pieter Ferreira is so well known for his work at Graham Beck, and for promoting the whole category of Cap

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: three vintages of the Cedro do Noval Branco

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3763 Views Douro

When it comes to table wines, we tend to think of the Douro as a red wine region, but it’s

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Pastora Pasada en Rama NV

November 6, 2023 jamiegoode 2741 Views manzanilla, sherry

Found this hidden in the racks: an en rama Manzanilla bottled in 2021, which would have been intended for consumption

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Highlights: Fractal Sequence 001 NV England

October 29, 2023 jamiegoode 4613 Views

This is an interesting project. It’s a collaboration between William Lowe (who is a master of wine) and Nick Lane

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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.courelasdatorre.com/en/ This is the first time I’ve tried the wines from this Alentejo producer, based in Redondo, making organic

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
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Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 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.

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