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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Chapoutier Saint-Pierre Cornas 2019 Northern Rhône, France

July 19, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4290 Views cornas, syrah

A real treat to try this new Cornas lieu dit from Chapoutier. It’s brilliant. There’s some sternness and structure, but

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Wicken Foy NV England

July 16, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5157 Views Sparkling wine

This is a new traditional method sparkling wine from innovative low-intervention winegrower Westwell, based in Kent, England Westwell Wicken Foy

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana En Rama (Spring 2022 release)

July 14, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4669 Views sherry

This wine comes from Hidalgo’s famous El Cuadrado pago, which is the highest part of Balbaina Alta. It’s a really

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Howard’s Folly Freshco? 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5476 Views Alentejo

This is a bright red from Portalegre (the cooler, higher-altitude bit of the Alentejo) with vineyards in the granite foothills

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Australia Highlights Regions 

The Larry Cherubino interview

June 23, 2022July 10, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7134 Views

Margaret River is one of the few places in the world where fine Chardonnay and Cabernet can beautifully co-exist. Larry

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Craven Pinot Gris 2020 Stellenbosch, South Africa

June 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5258 Views pinot gris

There’s not much Pinot Gris in Stellenbosch. It’s perhaps planted in three vineyards, and the one this comes from is

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Viñátigo Listán Blanco de Canarias 2020 Tenerife, Spain

June 14, 2022August 3, 2022 Treve Ring 5061 Views Canary Islands, Tenerife, volcanic

Juan Jesús, 4th generation winemaker, founded Viñátigo in 1990, and worked tirelessly since identifying and renovating the native grapes of

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Two from Sam Harrop: Chardonnay from Waiheke and Syrah from Hawke’s Bay

June 10, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6178 Views

Sam Harrop is an accomplished winemaker who consults widely around the wine world. He spent a number of years in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Ripa, a rosé from Rioja that’s being dubbed the new Tondonia

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 jamiegoode 9165 Views Rioja, Rose

Ripa. It has been dubbed the new Tondonio rosé, but half the price. [For those not in the know, the

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Highlights 

Highlights: Mixtura 2019 Europe

June 7, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4541 Views

The concept behind Mixtura is an interesting one – and it crosses national borders. It’s the brainchild of Gutier Seijo

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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