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Highlights: Tiansai Skyline of Gobi Marselan 2018 China

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 jamiegoode 685 Views

Website: http://www.tsjz.com/ I’m mid-flight on my way to Hong Kong aboard Cathay Pacific, and this is the first time I’ve

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Highlights: Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

February 25, 2025 jamiegoode 444 Views Stellenbosch

Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa14% alcohol. A Bordeaux-style blend from Stellenbosch that comes in a heavyweight

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Highlights: Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne UR/R18 Dégorgement 2022

February 16, 2025 jamiegoode 674 Views

A treat to try this Blanc de Noirs from one of the leading growers in Champagne. Cédric Bouchard Roses de

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Highlights: Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 jamiegoode 632 Views Chianti Classico

Had this beauty from the wine list at Manteca with good friends. Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020 ItalyThis is Fontodi’s

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Highlights: Thillardon Chénas Vibrations 2021

January 5, 2025 jamiegoode 623 Views Gamay

Thillardon Vibrations Chénas 2021 Beaujolais, France11.5% alcohol. This was bought after a long lunch at the excellent Soif, and then

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Highlights: Catena Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2020 Mendoza, Argentina

January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 jamiegoode 550 Views

Criolla is the name used for the pale-red-skinned generously yielding old grape varieties from Argentina, that are now being given

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Highlights: Ganevat Les Cedres 2016 Côtes du Jura

December 26, 2024 jamiegoode 710 Views Natural wine

This negoce wine from Ganevat is singing after 8 years, no added sulfites, and still fresh. Anne et Jean-François Ganevat

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Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 jamiegoode 716 Views

Very impressed by this prestige bottling from Bollinger. Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France12.5% alcohol. This is 100% Pinot Noir, base

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Highlights: Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy

December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 jamiegoode 786 Views Tuscany

Website: https://querciabella.com/wine/batar/ Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. Since 1988 Querciabella have made this ‘supertuscan’ white, which is

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Highlights: Julien Cruchandeau Bouzeron Massale 2021 Bourgogne

December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 jamiegoode 735 Views

Website: https://www.domaine-cruchandeau.com/en/ Julien Cruchandeau began managing a domaine in Bouzeron in 2001, after finishing his studies. He began his own

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Tasting top South African Chardonnay
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South African Chardonnay: how does it stack up internationally? A tasting with the South African Chardonnay Association in London

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://chardonnayassociationsouthafrica.com/ The Chardonnay Association of South Africa is a re-born organisation with the aim to market Chardonnay internationally, and

Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon
Features Latest Portugal 

Around Portugal in seven fine wines: a seminar at Vinho da Casa in Lisbon

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 jamiegoode
In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder
Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara: Catching up with Thomas Bachelder

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 Treve Ring
Chianti Classico deep dive (16) Principe Corsini’s Villa Le Corti
Features Italy Latest 

Chianti Classico deep dive (16) Principe Corsini’s Villa Le Corti

May 15, 2025May 15, 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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