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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France

December 22, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 5003 Views

Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino 2019 Toscana, Italy

December 18, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 6244 Views Sangiovese, Tuscany

Banfi are the biggest players by far in Tuscany’s Montalcino region, with 950 hectares under vine. But this isn’t an

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California Highlights Latest 

Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5753 Views

https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: three Chardonnays from Neudorf, Nelson, New Zealand

December 7, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7541 Views Chardonnay, Nelson

These three new releases from Neudorf are exceptional. They are one of the most highly-rated Chardonnay producers in New Zealand,

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Austria Highlights 

Highlights: Hajszan Neumann Nussberg Grüner Veltliner 2020, Austria

December 5, 2021December 14, 2021 Treve Ring 5813 Views biodynamic, gruner veltliner

Weingut Hajszan Neumann is located at the foot of the Nussberg and the district of Grinzing, with 20 hectares of

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Austria France Highlights 

Highlights: two from RAW Wine – Gut Oggau and La Pièce

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 jamiegoode 5360 Views Burgenland, cahors, Natural wine

Raw Wine is known for its natural wine fairs, which started off in London back in 2012 but have since

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from Flint, an interesting producer in East Anglia, England

November 26, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5535 Views

Flint are based in East Anglia, and I’ve reviewed them before here. They have just released two small production wines

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It’s Carmenere day, and I taste two good examples from Errazuriz

November 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8841 Views carmenere

It’s Carmenere day! And here I taste two really good examples from Errazuriz. Carmenere hails from Bordeaux, but it found

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Cortes de Cima Lour-inho 2019 Alentejo, Portugal

November 16, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5524 Views Albarino, Alentejo

Very impressed with this blend of Alvarinho (aka Albariño) with Loureiro – two grapes from the cool Minho, grown here

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Fritz Haag Brauneberger Riesling Kabinett 2017 Mosel, Germany

November 8, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6631 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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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.jimbarry.com/news/loosenbarry-unique-collaboration-meeting-minds-shared-obsession Loosen Barry is a fun (and quite serious) joint Riesling project, and I did a deep dive into

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
Features Latest 

Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 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.

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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