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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6521 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Tawse Quarry Road Chardonnay 2011 Niagara, Canada

April 11, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6507 Views Chardonnay

Jamie Goode tastes an 8 year old Chardonnay from Canada’s Niagara wine region. It’s the Tawse Quarry Road from Vinemount

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight : Julia Kemper 2017 Elpenor Blanc de Noir

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Treve Ring 4554 Views biodynamic, Dao, granite

The Melo family landed in Dão’s Oliveira–Mangualde hundreds of years ago, and that’s where the vineyards and winery of current

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Highlights: Fita Preta Touriga Vai Nui Unoaked 2019 Alentejo, Portugal

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 jamiegoode 5686 Views Alentejo

This is fab – from winemaker António Maçanita, it’s wild ferment, bottled early, capturing the character of the variety so

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Highlights Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 3926 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Standing Stone Teinturier Saperavi 2018

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 6162 Views Saperavi

This is unexpected: a Saperavi from the Finger Lakes. Standing Stone – now owned by Hermann J. Wiemer – first

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Neudorf Tom’s Block Pinot Noir 2017

April 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6214 Views Nelson, pinot noir

Neudorf are the undisputed stars of New Zealand’s Nelson wine region. And this wine, Tom’s Block Pinot Noir, is really

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Timo Meyer Gamay 2018 Yarra

March 24, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 4859 Views Gamay

I’m such a fan of Gamay, as regular readers will know. I even embarked on an ambitious series on Gamay

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Canada Highlights 

Highlight: Therianthropy David Eagle Gamay 2018

March 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 6322 Views Gamay, Michel Tolmer, Ontario

Therianthropy is the mythical process of shapeshifting, which is another way to view turning nature into wine. This small collaborative

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Azores Wine Co. Arinto dos Açores 2018

March 20, 2020March 24, 2020 Treve Ring 5397 Views Azores, volcanic

Winemaker António Maçanita may be best known for his FitaPreta wines in Alentejo, though with this venture he looked to

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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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