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  • Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
  • Video: with Filipa Pato in her old vineyards in Bairrada, Portugal, which she farms with the help of pigs
  • Highlights: Overgaauw Sylvaner 2025 Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
  • With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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England Highlights Latest Regions 

Highlights: Sandridge Barton East Field Pinot Noir Early 2025 Devon, England

July 13, 2026 jamiegoode 1040 Views Fruhburgunder

Another cracking lighter-style red from the UK! Sandridge Barton East Field Pinot Noir Early 2025 Devon, England11.2% alcohol. 100% Pinot

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Highlights: Flint Vineyard Pinot Noir Precoce 2025 England

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 jamiegoode 888 Views Fruhburgunder, pinot noir

Website: https://flintvineyard.com/products/pinot-noir-precoce-2025 So nice to see wines like this coming from the UK. I love what Flint, who are based

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Portugal

July 10, 2026 jamiegoode 955 Views Alvarinho, Sparkling wine, Vinho Verde

Really impressed by this fizz from Soalheiro in Vinho Verde. Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Vinho Espumante IG Minho,

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Features Highlights Latest South Africa TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2023 South Africa

July 8, 2026July 8, 2026 jamiegoode 2379 Views Constantia, sweet wines

This is the latest vintage of one of the world’s great sweet wines. It’s the Vin de Constance from Klein

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs 2015

July 7, 2026July 7, 2026 jamiegoode 1027 Views

Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2015 France12% alcohol. From the warm, dry vintage of 2015 this is

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Chile Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Morandé La Capilla El Cabernet de Ránguil 2021 Itata, Chile

July 5, 2026 jamiegoode 877 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Itata

This is quite special. It’s from 130 year old ungrafted vines planted on degraded granite soils, with a red clay

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cecilia cinsault south africa
Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Cecilia Wines Cinsault 2025 Piekenierskloof, South Africa

July 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1041 Views Cinsault

Cinsault was historically a hugely important red grape for South Africa. Often, red ‘varietals’ from fancy grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon

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California Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Gallo of Sonoma Frei Ranch Vineyard Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

July 1, 2026 jamiegoode 834 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma

Pleasantly surprised by this older Californian Cabernet. Gallo of Sonoma Frei Ranch Vineyard Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 Dry Creek

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France Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Stéphane Revel Novicius Malbec Fruité 2024 Cahors

June 23, 2026 jamiegoode 957 Views cahors, Malbec

Website: https://www.revel.vin/en In 2022 Stéphane Revel took over the reins of Château de Rouffiac with two partners. The oldest vines

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England Highlights Latest Regions 

Highlights: Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvée NV Edition II

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 jamiegoode 1433 Views Sparkling wine

It’s the second release of this high-profile English sparkling wine, a collaboration between Champagne Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield. You can

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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
Features Latest Portugal Regions TOP STORIES 

Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Flipa Pato, daughter of famous Bairrada winegrower Luis Pato, first started making her own wines 25 years ago, in 2001.

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode
With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
England Features Latest 

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 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.

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