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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights: Cara Sur Parcela Los Nidos 2018 San Juan, Argentina

February 7, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6699 Views

Cara Sur is a joint project between Sebastián Zuccardi and Marcela Manini who have partnered with Nuria Añó Gargiulo and

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Highlights: Chapoutier Sicamor Crozes-Hermitage 2018 Northern Rhône

February 6, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6621 Views syrah

So impressed with this wine. It’s a relatively new release from Chapoutier, and it has a wonderful wild intensity to

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Highlights: Pinotte! and Aligotte! from Bourgogne

January 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6632 Views Aligote

These are really interesting wines. They are made by Sylvain Pataille, a well respected vigneron from Marsannay, for UK retailer

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Highlights: Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England

January 25, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5660 Views Sparkling wine

Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England12% alcohol. This is from two vineyards. One is in Appeldore in Kent and is

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Millton Crazy by Nature wines: Cosmo Red and Sirius White

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 jamiegoode 9048 Views biodynamic

I’ve visited James and Annie Millton – biodynamic pioneers in New Zealand’s Gisborne region – a few times now. Here’s

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Highlights: Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir 2018 Baden

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 jamiegoode 7670 Views baden, Natural wine, pinot noir

Enderle & Moll was started in 2007 with just three barrels of wine in a garage in Baden. Florian Moll

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Highlights: Domaine Labet Chardonnay du Hasard Vin de Voile 2014 Jura

January 23, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 8207 Views

The Jura has a tradition of ageing wines under flor. The famous Vin Jaunes are made from Savagnin aged under

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Highlights: Zorah Heritage Chilar 2019 Armenia

January 21, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7683 Views Armenia

I wrote a bit about Zorah back in 2014, when I met the owners at a Liberty Wines tasting. It’s

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Two from Agostina De Lucca in Uruguay

January 20, 2021 jamiegoode 6155 Views

This time last year I visited De Lucca winery in Uruguay’s Canelones region. You can red the report here. The

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Highlights: François Villard L’appel des Sereines Syrah 2017, Northern Rhône, France

January 20, 2021 Treve Ring 6368 Views Northern Rhone, syrah

François Villard is well known in the Northern Rhone for his masterful and poetic Côte-Rôtie and Saint-Joseph. Starting off his

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

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
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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
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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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