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Beer Highlights 

Highlights: 20 years of beer from Innis & Gunn – the XX

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 jamiegoode 3450 Views

It was back in 2003 when Dougal Sharp launched Innis & Gunn ‘The Original’, which was a distinctive 6.6% alcohol

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Antoine Sunier Régnié Cuvée Montmerond 2020

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4874 Views Gamay

Antoine Sunier is the brother of Julien Sunier, who has been making wines in Beaujolais since 2008. He came to

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California Highlights 

Highlights: The Alley Palomino 2019 California

August 11, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3532 Views

The Alley Palomino 2019 Contra Costa Vineyard, CaliforniaThis is made by Christina Rasmussen, friend and colleague, and I’ve tried it

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Food and wine Highlights 

Highlights: Viña Tondonia Rosé at Restaurant Frank, Copenhagen

August 9, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3461 Views Restaurants

Website: https://restaurantfrank.dk/en I happened to be in Copenhagen at the same time as Christina Rasmussen and we were both free,

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Swerwer Rooi Groen Skins 2021, Swartland, South Africa

August 1, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 4327 Views orange wine, Sémillon, swartland

Swerwer (Nomad / Wanderer) is Jasper Wickens project in the Swartland, and this Rooi Groen (red-green) Skins version is an

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN ACY18 NV France

July 26, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 3494 Views

Champagne Bollinger PN ACY18 NV France12.5% alcohol. The idea behind this cuvée is to explore the way Bollinger work with

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England

July 23, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 2798 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 4189 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 4946 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 3827 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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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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