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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Frédéric Mabileau Les Roullères 2019 Saint-Nicholas-de-Bourgeuil

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 jamiegoode 3870 Views cabernet franc

Really impressed by this Loire Cabernet Franc, which delivers a lot of pleasure without costing a fortune. Frédéric Mabileau Les

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Waitrose Loved and Found Albarossa 2020 Piedmont, Italy

December 24, 2022October 12, 2025 jamiegoode 6099 Views Piemonte

This is interesting. It’s part of the affordable Loved and Found range from Waitrose, focusing on lesser known varities and

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Ridgeview Pinot Noir Sparkling Red Reserve NV England

December 16, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3482 Views Sparkling wine

This is the first time I’ve tried a red sparkling wine from the UK, and it’s really good. Inspired by

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Highlights Loire 

Highlights: Le Clos Baudoin Aigle Blanc ‘Vin de Tris’ 1989 Vouvray, France

December 15, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3135 Views Vouvray

I bought this bottle years ago from a wine shop in South Kensington called La Vigneronne (now Handford Wines occupy

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: Domaine du Pélican Savagnin Ouillé 2019 Arbois, Jura, France

December 12, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4570 Views Savagnin

Guillaume d’Angerville, from Volnay in Bourgogne, established Domaine du Pélican in 2012 after he was seduced by a bottle of

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Bosman Nature & Sun Grenache Noir 2020 Wellington, South Africa

December 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5764 Views Grenache, Wellington

Saw this on the shelf in Waitrose Canary Wharf today and it caught my eye. Supermarket ranges are so big

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 France

November 25, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3901 Views

Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2013 FranceFrom the Grand Cru villages of Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger. Disgorged in

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Highlights Oregon 

Highlights: Brooks Wines Ara Riesling 2021, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

November 15, 2022March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 3363 Views Riesling, Willamette

One of the many highlights of the Brooks Wines portfolio, Ara was one of the first Rieslings founder/winemaker Jimi Brooks

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: two from 2022 in Marlborough, Cloudy Bay and Yealands

November 13, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4002 Views

It’s compare and contrast from two Sauvignon Blancs from Marlborough – new releases from the 2022 vintage. One priced at

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Highlights Latest New Zealand Regions 

Highlights: three from Folding Hill in Central Otago, NZ

October 29, 2022 jamiegoode 4145 Views Central Otago

Website: http://www.foldinghill.co.nz/ I’ve been following Folding Hill, which is based in the Bendigo region of Central Otago, since I first

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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
Features Latest 

Book review: The Science of Fermentation

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

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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