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Highlights Oregon 

New releases from Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon legend in the making

March 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 8134 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicolas-Jay is a collaboration between Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo (Domaine Méo-Camuzet), and renowned music and media entrepreneur Jay Boberg (who

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Terroir Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell de Montsant 2019

March 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6065 Views Grenache

Terroir Sense Fronteres is the Montsant operation of fabled Priorat producer Terroir Al Limit (which was started by Dominik Huber

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Capbern 2014 St Estèphe, Bordeaux

March 5, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5837 Views

Looking for a top quality Cabernet-dominated Bordeaux at an affordable price? You have come to the right place. Château Capbern

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Le Cros Marcillac Lo Sang del Païs

March 5, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 4632 Views Marcillac, southwest france

This is such a characterful wine, and it’s one I’ve been buying for years. It’s still delivering, as this latest

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Clos des Rocs, Mâconnais, Bourgogne, France

March 2, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 6990 Views organic

Located in the south of the Mâconnais, Fuissé’s Saint-Philibert estate belonged to a family of winegrowers for seven generations before

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay 2019 Yarra Valley, Australia

March 2, 2021 jamiegoode 5694 Views Chardonnay

Giant Steps is a Yarra Valley winery established by entrepreneur Phil Sexton back in 1997 (here’s a review of a

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Nero, South Africa’s first Nero d’Avola

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 jamiegoode 9373 Views

Bosman Family Vineyards have just launched South Africa’s first Nero d’Avola. The wine is a collaboration with actor/filmmaker Thapelo Mokoena,

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Highlights 

Highlights: Vignoble du Rêveur Un Instant sur Terre 2019

February 15, 2021February 16, 2021 Treve Ring 7296 Views Alsace, biodynamic, France, Natural wine

Mathieu Deiss, who works with his father Jean-Michel at Alsace’s legendary winery Marcel Deiss, created Vignoble du Rêveur in 2013. Translating

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne De Saint Gall Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008

February 12, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6328 Views

Champagne De Saint Gall Orpale Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008 France12.5% alcohol. De Saint-Gall are a growers cooperative and

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Highlights Latest Rhone 

Domaine Giraud Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2018 Southern Rhône

February 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6316 Views Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Grenache

This is quite a brilliant wine. I was really stunned by how elegant and fine it was – Grenache at

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Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley
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Visiting Villa Melnik, one of Bulgaria’s leading wineries, in the Struma Valley

December 22, 2025December 22, 2025 jamiegoode

Villa Melnik is a family-owned winery in Harsovo, in southwest Bulgaria, in the Struma River Valley of the Thracian Valley.

Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages

December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 jamiegoode
Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
California Features Latest 

Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
Features Latest 

The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 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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