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England Highlights 

Highlights: Fizzy Bum Bum Pet Nat 2019 Cornwall, England

May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7700 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Few will get to try this micro-production wine, but I wanted to include it here, because it shows how good

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Van Loggerenberg Wines Graft 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 22, 2020 jamiegoode 6702 Views

This is a cracking wine. I bought a six-pack of it after tasting it at Cape Wine in September 2018,

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2018 Spain

May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 jamiegoode 9808 Views flor, manzanilla, palomino

Ramiro Ibáñez is the dude behind Bodegas Cota 45, and his small winery is on the waterfront in Sanlúcar de

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Highlights Latest South Africa Videos 

Highlights: Carinus Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6890 Views Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

Carinus Family Wines Polkadraai Chenin Blanc 2018 Stellenbosch, South Africa13% alcohol. This is brilliant. Carinus are a new producer and

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: two from Champagne Bruno Paillard

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6225 Views

I visited Bruno Paillard with Treve Ring a couple of years ago. This is a rare thing: a new Champagne

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Frisach L’Abrunet Tinto 2018 Terra Alta, Spain

May 6, 2020 jamiegoode 6195 Views

Frisach L’Abrunet De Frisach Tinto 2018 Terra Alta, Spain13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Grenache and Carignan (here: Garnatxa

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Bourgogne-Deveaux Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune ‘La Perriere’ 2017

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 jamiegoode 5759 Views pinot noir

This is a lovely Hautes-Côtes wine. This is an interesting region of Bourgogne. The Hautes-Côtes are split in two (Beaune

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Highlights Rhone Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Mucyn GamSy 2017 Collines Rhodaniennes

May 4, 2020May 14, 2020 jamiegoode 7529 Views

Domaine Mucyn is a family-owned domaine of 14 hectares, in conversion to organics. This is a blend of Syrah from

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Alte Vogtei Spätburgunder 2018 from Baden – amazing value

May 3, 2020May 14, 2020 jamiegoode 8128 Views pinot noir

I’m often reviewing fancy wines here. So it’s nice to find a wine for the people – in this case,

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Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne Les Femelottes 2018

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 jamiegoode 8678 Views Chardonnay

This is an impressive wine from the newly-exciting Meursault-based Domaine Chavy Chouet. Femelottes is a 3 hectare parcel on clay/sand

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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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