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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Fritz Haag Brauneberger Riesling Kabinett 2017 Mosel, Germany

November 8, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6080 Views Mosel

I really liked this: a great example of Mosel Kabinett, from two neighbouring vineyards in Brauneberg. Fritz Haag Brauneberger Riesling

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Stephane Ogier Les Temps est Venu 2018 Côtes du Rhône, France

November 6, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 4623 Views

Stephane Ogier Les Temps est Venu 2018 Côtes du Rhône, France14.5% alcohol. Ogier is one of the best producers in

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Cortes de Cima Daqui 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

October 31, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 4495 Views

Daqui, and amphora (known here as talha) wine, is the first of the new wines from Anna Jørgensen, since she

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Torres Varietat Recuperada No. 23 Forcada 2016

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Treve Ring 4951 Views Penedès

Forcada is one of the many autochthonous Spanish grapes that were on the brink of extinction. That is, before the

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Highlights Latest 

Some top wines from Corney & Barrow

October 11, 2021March 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5853 Views

I recently tried these wines from London-based wine merchant Corney & Barrow. Some real highlights, including a gorgeous natural Beaujolais,

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Highlights Italy Latest 

Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 5683 Views Sicily

Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2013

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8420 Views

This is the latest release of Moët et Chandon’s Grand Vintage, and it comes from an atypically cool year, where

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Marlborough, New Zealand

September 13, 2021 jamiegoode 7110 Views Sauvignon Blanc

I’ve tried my first wine from 2021! I saw this in Sainsbury’s and was curious, so I bought it and

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2011

September 10, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6870 Views

This is the new release of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne. Its from Grand Cru sites on the Côte

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Highlights Regions South Africa 

Highlights: Great Heart Red Blend 2019 Swartland, South Africa

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 jamiegoode 6903 Views

I really like this initiative from Mullineux and Leeu Family Wines in South Africa. Great Heart is a staff empowerment

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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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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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