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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Jerome Blin Les Ports Zero Dosage

March 24, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1565 Views

Champagne Jérôme Blin Les Ports Complantation Zero Dosage 2020 FranceFrom an organically farmed parcel called Vincelles, planted in 1986, and

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero 2018 Piemonte, Italy

March 20, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1307 Views Piemonte

This is a beautiful Barolo, that I had with some good wine friends at Manteca, off the list. It was

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Highlights Languedoc 

Highlights: Gérard Bertrand Villa Soleilla 2021, taking orange wine to new heights

March 17, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1237 Views orange wine

Gérard Bertrand Villa Soleilla 2021 France14% alcohol. Villa Soleilla is probably the world’s most expensive orange wine. It’s made from

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Fifty years of Lytton Springs, the famous Zinfandel-based wine from star California producer Ridge

March 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1820 Views

Website: https://www.ridgewine.com/ The current release of Lytton Springs, the 2022, celebrates 50 years since this single-vineyard wine was first launched

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China Highlights 

Highlights: Tiansai Skyline of Gobi Marselan 2018 China

February 27, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1166 Views

Website: http://www.tsjz.com/ I’m mid-flight on my way to Hong Kong aboard Cathay Pacific, and this is the first time I’ve

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

February 25, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1000 Views Stellenbosch

Mvemve Raats MR de Compostella 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa14% alcohol. A Bordeaux-style blend from Stellenbosch that comes in a heavyweight

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne UR/R18 Dégorgement 2022

February 16, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1796 Views

A treat to try this Blanc de Noirs from one of the leading growers in Champagne. Cédric Bouchard Roses de

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1060 Views Chianti Classico

Had this beauty from the wine list at Manteca with good friends. Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020 ItalyThis is Fontodi’s

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Thillardon Chénas Vibrations 2021

January 5, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1155 Views Gamay

Thillardon Vibrations Chénas 2021 Beaujolais, France11.5% alcohol. This was bought after a long lunch at the excellent Soif, and then

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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights: Catena Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2020 Mendoza, Argentina

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 928 Views

Criolla is the name used for the pale-red-skinned generously yielding old grape varieties from Argentina, that are now being given

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The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo
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The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode

Júlio Bastos is one of the leading winemakers in Portugal’s Alentejo region, and his family property, located near Estremoz, is

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
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

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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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