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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1996 Pauillac, Bordeaux

May 17, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5026 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 6467 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 3580 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 4678 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 6243 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 4308 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 4591 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 3289 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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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes

March 30, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 5199 Views Blaufrankisch, cabernet franc

I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

March 12, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3392 Views Albarino

Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker

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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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