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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Soalheiro Allo Loureiro Alvarinho 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

July 18, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4507 Views

I think I may have found my new go-to summer white. I found it in a small wine bar in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas y Viñedos Ponce Clos Lojen Bobal 2020 Manchuela, Spain

July 16, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5853 Views

Juan Antonio Ponce gained experience working for Telmo Rodríguez before setting up his own project at the young age of

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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: Viña Marty Goutte d’Argent Sauvignon Blanc 2018, a Chilean Sauvignon made with sake yeast

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6320 Views

This is a bit different: a Sauvignon Blanc made with sake yeast from Chile, and it’s really good. Viña Marty

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Van Volxem Riesling Alte Reben 2006 Mosel, Germany

July 7, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 3585 Views Riesling

Van Volxem‘s history as a wine estate goes back to the 3rd century, and it’s based in Wiltingen in the

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Rimapere Sauvignon Blanc

July 3, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5277 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

Edmond de Rotschild Heritage‘s wine group is a collection of nine wineries, taking in Bordeaux, South Africa, Rioja (Macan), Argentina

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Highlights 

Highlights: Pax Mahle Wine Somer’s Vineyard Mission 2019 Lodi, California

June 21, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6411 Views

Mission is the Californian name for the Listán Prieto grape variety, introduced to the Americas in the 16th Century. It

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Charbono both ways from Shypoke Winery in Calistoga, Napa

June 19, 2021 jamiegoode 6604 Views

There are just 75 acres of Charbono left on the planet, say Shypoke Winery. This isn’t strictly true, if you

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2012 and 2003 P2

June 14, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7973 Views

The 2012 vintage of Dom Pérignon is released, and for me this is one of the best that I’ve tried.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Louis Pommery Brut NV England

June 10, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5690 Views Sparkling wine

Champagne Pommery made the news in 2014 when they decided to start an operation in Hampshire, England, in partnership with

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two innovative wines from Litmus, England

June 9, 2021June 13, 2021 jamiegoode 3725 Views orange wine, pinot noir

Impressed by these two quite innovative wines from Litmus Wines, a winemaking consultancy based at Denbies winery in Surrey. Litmus

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Features

Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary
Features Latest 

Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary

October 16, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://kristiankielmayer.com/natural-wines-of-hungary/ The natural wine scene is so interesting. It has also caused a lot of griping in the wine

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli
Features Italy Latest 

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair
Features Food and wine Greece Latest 

La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025October 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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