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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Abel Mendoza Virua Rioja Blanco 2018 Spain

July 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4261 Views Rioja

White Rioja can be annoyingly oaky. That’s because in this region, dominated by factory wineries, it’s common to ferment white

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: De Moor Bourgogne Chitry 2018 France

July 12, 2020May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 7283 Views Chardonnay, Natural wine

Neighbouring the Chablis region, Chitry is a very interesting appellation with similar soils and climate, with the potential to make

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium & Benedic

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Treve Ring 11554 Views Natural wine

These are not your typical Italian wines. Unless, that is, you usually take of natural wine made by nuns. In

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Wildman Wine Heavy Petting Pét-Nat 2018 Riverland, Australia

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 6623 Views Pet Nat

Tim Wildman was a wine merchant, passed the MW exams, and headed off to Australia. As well as running James

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Highlights Oregon 

Highlights: Bergström Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir 2014 Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon

June 28, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 4618 Views pinot noir

Bergström changed styles a few years back from big, ripe wines to wines showing more poised and balance. A smart

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Highlights Portugal Videos 

Highlights: Rocim NatCool Fresh From Amphora 2019

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 8607 Views Alentejo

A short tasting video with this wine: Herdade do Rocim NatCool Fresh from Amphora 2019 Alentejo, Portugal12% alcohol. Made in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Fedellos do Couto Bastarda 2018 Ribeira Sacra

June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6105 Views Ribeira sacra

Fedellos do Couto are a natural-ish wine producer based in Ribeira Sacra. I visited a couple of years ago –

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard HJW Bio Riesling 2017 Finger Lakes

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 jamiegoode 6289 Views Finger Lakes

Wiemer is one of the top producers in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. This Riesling comes from

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Highlights New Zealand TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Mountford Estate The Rise Pinot Noir 2015 North Canterbury, New Zealand

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 jamiegoode 7382 Views

Mountford Estate’s story is an interesting one. They established a big reputation for their wines under winemaker CP Lin: the

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: two from Sauternes

June 18, 2020 jamiegoode 5350 Views Sauternes

A couple of half-bottle Sauternes popped tonight. So satisfying and massively undervalued right now. Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes 1er

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Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode

Popped into Singburi in Shoreditch this afternoon for a late lunch. Came away full, happy and itching to go back.

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit
Features Germany Latest 

Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit

August 26, 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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