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Highlights

Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France

June 22, 2025 jamiegoode 1283 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 63% Chardonnay and 37% Pinot Noir, disgorged in January

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2022 Martinborough, New Zealand

June 19, 2025 jamiegoode 1214 Views Martinborough, pinot noir

Website: https://atarangi.co.nz/ Ata Rangi are one of New Zealand’s top producers, and were one of the pioneers of the Martinborough

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis 2015

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 jamiegoode 1514 Views

Website: https://www.alfredgratien.com/en/home/ This is the prestige cuvée from Alfred Gratien, who do a lot of barrel work with their base

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 jamiegoode 908 Views Baga

Love this wine, which I bought from a wine shop in Lisbon. The mastery of Baga, maturing it in amphorae

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Les Gaules de Bois Grolleau ‘Jackpot’ 2023 Vin de France

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 jamiegoode 920 Views grolleau

Les Gaules de Bois (Vincent Alexis & Romuald Cousy) Jackpot Grolleau 2023 Vin de France10.5% alcohol. Vincent Alexis makes wines

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California Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Louis M Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Gnarly Vine Zinfandel 2018 Sonoma, California

May 16, 2025 jamiegoode 866 Views Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established L.M.

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Highlights Italy Latest 

Highlights: Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2022

May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1103 Views Chianti Classico

Ricasoli is one of the top producers of Chianti Classico, and this is a really good example of the modern

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Rare Champagne 2012
Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Rare Champagne 2012

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1401 Views

Rare used to be a prestige cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck, but since 2018 has been a stand-alone brand. Since 2011 both

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Kleine Zalze Heritage Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2023

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1058 Views Chenin Blanc

Reallly good to find a wine like this made from Heritage Chenin vineyards (over 35 years old), part of the

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Mayacamas Chardonnay
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Highlights: Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California

May 9, 2025 jamiegoode 2306 Views Chardonnay

Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California13.5% alcohol. This is fine, restrained and pure on the nose with focused

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Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever
England Features Latest 

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
Features Latest 

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
Bulgaria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
Features Italy Latest 

Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 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.

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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