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Highlights Oregon 

Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon

March 9, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4099 Views

Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).

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Highlights: Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 DOP Madeirense, Portugal

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 jamiegoode 3896 Views Madeira

Here I’m tasting Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 which is a table wine made from Madeira grapes by the

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020

February 18, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 4688 Views syrah

Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Northern Rhône, FranceI can’t remember ever having a bad bottle from Dard & Ribo, the natural

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain

February 17, 2023April 28, 2023 Treve Ring 4320 Views Canary Islands, Island wine, Tenerife, volcanic

Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane

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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights : Bodega y Viñedos Nicolas Catena La Marchigiana Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2019, Mendoza, Argentina

February 15, 2023April 28, 2023 Treve Ring 5174 Views Amphora, Natural wine

La Marchigiana is Catina’s respectful look to the past, fermenting indigenous Criolla in clay pots. Though the amphora here was

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017, England

February 6, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3993 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive English fizz. Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017 Sussex, England12% alcohol. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier aged

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Highlights Israel 

Highlights: a wine made from a forgotten old variety in Israel, Dalton Grounded Zuriman 2021 Galilee

February 1, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4847 Views

The interesting story behind this wine is that it is made from the Zuriman grape variety. Israel has a lack

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Highlights Israel 

Highlights: Itay Lahat Roussanne 2021 Upper Galilee, Israel

January 31, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3321 Views roussanne

I’m in Israel, to talk at a conference on regenerative viticulture tomorrow. So it’s only appropriate to be drinking a

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Jolie Laide Dans le Vide 2021, California, USA

January 28, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 4853 Views

Jolie-Laide is a one-man operation based in the Sebastopol winery of Pax Mahle, where winemaker Scott Schultz (Pax’s cellar master),

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes Grand Blanc Sec 2020 Bordeaux

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5412 Views

Suduiraut, a leading Sauternes producer, have decided to take dry white Bordeaux more seriously. It’s a good move: while their

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
Features Germany Latest 

Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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