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Chile Features Highlights 

Highlights: De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault 2020, Itata, Chile

February 14, 2022February 24, 2022 Treve Ring 5715 Views Amphora, Itata

This wine really launched De Martino, and Itata, on the world wine map when the first vintage in 2011 was

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Champagne France Highlights Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Champagne Ruinart Rosé NV

February 2, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4872 Views

Ruinart like their history. They were the first established Champagne House in 1729. And also the first to make a

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Two from Vasse Felix in Margaret River, Australia

January 24, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4854 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Margaret River

I was really impressed by this pair of wines. Australia’s Margaret River is an important wine region, and its specialities

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Lyme Bay Winery Pinot Noir 2020 Essex, England

January 18, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5663 Views pinot noir

This is an impressive Pinot Noir showing the still wine potential of the Crouch Valley in Essex. It’s sourced from

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: El Hombre Bala 2015 Vinos de Madrid, Spain

January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 4864 Views Grenache

Gotta love infusion-style Garnacha from Gredos! This is a good one. I bought this bottle a few years ago at

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Viticoltori de Conciliis Donnaluna Aglianico 2018 Paestum IGP, Italy

January 6, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4348 Views aglianico

Viticoltori de Conciliis is based in southern Campania and was founded as a winery in 1996. This is when three

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Highlights Spain 

Highlight: Bodegas Tradicion Amontillado 30 Years VQRS

January 2, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4191 Views sherry

I visited Bodegas Tradicion a couple of years ago. It’s one of the very best bodegas in Jerez. Began the

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: A duo of striking reds from 4Kilos

December 29, 2021February 11, 2022 Treve Ring 4611 Views biodynamic, islands, Mallorca, organic

A kilo is old Spanish slang for one million Pesetas, Spain’s former currency. 4 Kilos founders Francesc Grimalt and Sergio

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Niepoort Vintage Port 2003

December 26, 2021February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4633 Views Port

This is a Vintage Port that I tried early on in its life, and then went an bought a bottle

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France

December 22, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 3989 Views

Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well

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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
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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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