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cloudy bay sauvignon blanc 2025
Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Marlborough, New Zealand

October 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2652 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

First look at the 2025 vintage in Marlborough by way of one of the region’s classics, the Cloudy Bay Sauvignon

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlight : Testalonga Bandits Kloof Daisy’s Pond 2021, Swartland, South Africa

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 Treve Ring 1412 Views swartland

One of the stars of South Africa’s New Wave wine renaissance, Testalonga is Craig and Carla Hawkins’ personal project, dedicated

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domaine des rouges queues aligote
Burgundy Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Domaine des Rouges-Queues Bourgogne Aligoté En Vauvetout 2023

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1094 Views Aligote

This is from a small domaine in Maranges established by Isabelle and Jean-Yves Vantey in 1998. They switched to farming

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, Spain

October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1074 Views Mallorca

Soca Rel Ecursac 2022 Mallorca, SpainThis is a small cellar set up by Pep Rodriguez, who in 2008 rented some

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Highlights Hungary Latest 

Highlights: Kolonia 52 Bleu de Hongrie 2023 Balaton, Hungary

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 1106 Views Blaufrankisch

This is a really interesting Hungarian red, made from Kekfrankos, aka Blaufränkisch. The name translates as Hungarian Blue (it’s French)

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Sadie Family Wines Twiswind 2024 & Sonvang 2024

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Treve Ring 2602 Views field blends, swartland

These two newest Sadie Family wines are 20+ years in the making. Eben Sadie started the project back in 2002,

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Highlights Latest South Africa Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2018 Western Cape, South Africa

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1420 Views

Website: https://grahambeck.com/ Tried this tonight, and was really impressed. I’ve tried previous vintages, but this was quite striking in its

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Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2014

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2307 Views

Website: https://www.taittinger.com/en The new release of this classic! And it’s really good. Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

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Highlights: Enmill Field Mineral Geo Surfaces Col Fondo 2022/23 Wiltshire, England

September 14, 2025September 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1660 Views

Ben Adams worked as vineyard manager for Les Clos Perdu in Corbières. He returned to the UK and planted a

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Véronique Günther-Chereau Cru Communal Gorges Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 2013

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1883 Views muscadet

Website: https://vgc.fr/ Véronique Günther-Chereau Cru Communal Gorges Muscadet Sèvre et Maine 2013 Loire, France12% alcohol. This has a volcanic rock

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I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Things take time in Champagne. And if you want to launch a new prestige cuvée, then things can take a

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
Features Latest 

Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 25, 2026 jamiegoode
Ca’Marcanda: 30 years of Gaja’s Tuscan outpost
Features Italy Latest Profiles 

Ca’Marcanda: 30 years of Gaja’s Tuscan outpost

March 24, 2026March 24, 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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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