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Highlights South Africa 

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

June 11, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 4720 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 3624 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 4828 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 6077 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 3393 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 4486 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 6039 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 4057 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 4378 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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England Highlights 

Highlights: three new releases from English winery Westwell

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3109 Views

Westwell Naturally Petulant Pink 2022 Kent, England12% alcohol£25 Westwell https://www.westwellwines.com/collections/all/products/naturally-petulant-pink-2022This is a disgorged PetNat with no additions. It’s a blend

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Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University
China Features Latest Wine Science 

Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 jamiegoode

Huiquin Ma presented a seminar on vine burial to the judges at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau.

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

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

March 27, 2026March 28, 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

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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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