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  • Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
  • Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
  • Restaurants: Fat Rabbit, St Catharines, Niagara – so good I went twice in a week
  • The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
  • Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
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Highlights Regions Rhone 

Highlights: two from Domaine du Tunnel in the Northern Rhône

May 31, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6791 Views cornas, Northern Rhone, roussanne, syrah

Stéphane Robert started making his own wines at the young age of 24 from rented vineyards. A few years down

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Weingüter Wegeler Bernkastel Doctor Riesling GG Trocken 2018 Mosel, Germany

May 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6027 Views Mosel

There’s never been a better time to be a Riesling lover. For a fast-track to Riesling heaven, look out for

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Koerner Mammolo 2020, Clare Valley, Australia

May 22, 2021August 8, 2021 Treve Ring 5076 Views Amphora, Clare Valley, organic

Brothers Damon and Jono Koerner show classic and alternative Clare varieties through a variety of winemaking vessels and styles, all

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Figli Luigi Oddero Barbaresco Rombone 2016 Piedmont, Italy

May 20, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5566 Views Nebbiolo, piedmont

I’m getting into Nebbiolo, and this is a good one. Justerini & Brooks Italian buyer Giles Burk-Gaffney is a big

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Alice et Olivier De Moor Bourgogne Aligote 2019

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7289 Views Aligote

I love Aligote and this is a good one from Chablis-based natural wine heroes De Moor. Alice et Olivier De

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Highlights Portugal TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Howard’s Folly Casa Manuel Boullosa Carcavelos 1991 Lisboa, Portugal

May 13, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7753 Views

Boutique Alentejo producer Howard’s Folly have just released this Carcavelos, a rare fortified wine from the Lisboa area in Portugal.

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Les Vignes de Paradis Savagnin 2019 IGP Vin des Allobroges, Savoie, France

May 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7066 Views Savoie

Dominique Lucas comes from Burgundy, and a winemaking family, but chose to set up in the Haut-Savoie, on the border

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2008

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7848 Views

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 76% Grands Crus and 24% Premiers Crus; 55% Pinot

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Hauvette Dolia 2013 IGP Alpilles, Provence, France

May 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6535 Views Natural wine, Provence

Dominique Hauvette had a day job as a lawyer, but wine came calling in the mid-1980s and she left her

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Albamar Fusco Mencia 2018, Ribeira Sacra, Spain

May 5, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 6397 Views organic

Xurxo Alba’s family has been farming and making Albariño in Rïas Baixas O Salnés region, near the Atlantic Ocean, for

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
yuki bar
Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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