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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Torres Mas La Plana 2018 Penedès, Spain

May 3, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1606 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Penedès

Torres Mas La Plana 2018 Penedès, Spain14.5% alcohol. This is Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Mas La Plana vineyard. It’s one

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England Highlights Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England

April 27, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1617 Views

Website: https://nyetimber.com/ Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England12% alcohol. Thanks to the code on the label you can find out

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Highlights Savoie 

Highlights: a 21 year old Mondeuse from Louis Magnin in the Savoie

April 22, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1366 Views mondeuse

Domaine Louis Magnin Savoie Arbin Mondeuse Vielles Vignes 2003 Savoie, France12.5% alcohol. This Mondeuse was raised in stainless steel. It

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Highlights 

Highlights: Little Pomona Ripple Egremont Russet Unoaked Still Cider 2022 England

April 20, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1170 Views cider

I know this is a cider, but it’s just so good, and so vinous, that I had to include it.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Danbury Ridge Chardonnay 2022 at Le Vignoble, Plymouth

April 20, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1583 Views

After a nice walk along the Cornish coast from Plymouth (there’s a ferry going to Mount Edgecumbe in Cornwall), we

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Sandridge Barton Sharpham Figgie Daniels 2022

April 13, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1146 Views

Website: https://sandridgebarton.com/ Sharpham Figgie Daniel Madeleine Angevine & Pinot Blanc Col Fondo 2022 Devon, England12% alcohol. What used to be

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Alsace Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2022 Alsace

April 12, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1537 Views pinot noir

Website: https://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/ Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2023 Alsace, France12.5% alcohol . Served chilled sitting outside this is just perfect

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Viognier
Australia Highlights Languedoc 

Highlights: two ambitious Viogniers, from Yalumba and Laurent Miquel

April 11, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1227 Views Viognier

Viognier is a really interesting grape variety, and these are two ambitious examples from producers who have focused quite strongly

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Quintessa 2021 Napa, California

April 9, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1317 Views Napa

Website: https://www.quintessa.com/ Quintessa make just one red each year from its 135 acres of vines in Rutherford. There’s no second

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Jerome Blin Les Ports Zero Dosage

March 24, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2175 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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A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines
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A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried
Features Latest 

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
Features Latest New York State Profiles 

Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

March 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Porto in pictures, with a short film
Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 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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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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