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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes 2020

July 11, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 3606 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 4332 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 3260 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 4445 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 5402 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 3061 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 3968 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 5615 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 3574 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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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: Kalfu Sumpai Sauvignon Blanc Nicolasa Vineyard 2020 Huasco Valley, Chile

April 17, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3925 Views Sauvignon Blanc

What’s special about this wine? It’s a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that comes from the northerly vineyards Ventisquero planted in the

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In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
Chile Features Latest 

In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 jamiegoode

I’m in Chile, and arriving Sunday afternoon I headed off to a very informal Sunday afternoon chill with some local

Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
Features Latest 

Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 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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