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Highlights Hungary Latest 

Highlights: Balassa Szent Tamás Furmint 2019 Tokaji, Hungary

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5357 Views Furmint

Furmint is an ancient grape with at least 450 years of history. Hungary has most of it, with almost 4000

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Domaine des Miquettes Saint Joseph 2020 Northern Rhône

February 20, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5317 Views

Paul Estève and Crystelle Vareille are the people behind Domaine des Miquettes, a small domaine in Saint Joseph with 2.6

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Chile Features Highlights 

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

February 14, 2022February 24, 2022 Treve Ring 5989 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 5253 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 5142 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 5943 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 5133 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 4596 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 4498 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 4950 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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Goode’s Cribsheets (5) Victorian Pinot Noir
Australia Features Latest 

Goode’s Cribsheets (5) Victorian Pinot Noir

February 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Victoria may be the second smallest state in Australia, but it has an amazing diversity of wine regions, including many

amayna leyda chile
Chile Features Latest 

Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode
La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
Features France Latest 

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 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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