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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV

December 9, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1793 Views

Champagne Henriot Blanc de Blancs NV France12% alcohol£46 The Finest Bubble, Hedonism, Loki WineThis is based on 2017, and Henriot

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Highlights Japan 

Highlights: Niki Hills Winery Hatsuyuki Kerner 2022 Hokkaido, Japan

December 6, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2907 Views

Hokkaido is a very interesting wine region in Japan, with a particular emphasis on low-intervention wines, and as well as

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England Highlights Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Nyetimber Tillington Single Vineyard 2016 Sussex, England

December 6, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1640 Views

This is one of the best English sparkling wines I’ve tasted – an elegant single-site Pinot Noir-led wine. Nyetimber Tillington

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien NV

December 3, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1589 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien NV France12.5% alcohol. Gratien is a small house of around 300 000 bottles a year, and is

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Mitchelton Cabernet Shiraz 1973 Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia

November 17, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1350 Views

This is a remarkable wine. On the night before the Pinot Massif event that brought 40-odd winemakers together at Mitchelton

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

November 16, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1312 Views

Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Cabernet

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: MMAD Grenache 2022 Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale

November 14, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1605 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Tried this wine with a few wine folk after dinner last night and was really impressed. From the Shaw &

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Château Musar 2004 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

November 6, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1856 Views

Website: https://chateaumusar.com/ Musar is the most famous name in Lebanese wine. I remember buying this distinctive wine when I first

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

November 4, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1790 Views Alentejo

Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Plaisance-Penavayre Bouysselet 2021 Vin de France

October 22, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2250 Views

Website: https://www.plaisancepenavayre.fr/ Domaine Plaisance-Penavayre Bouysselet 2021 Vin de France13.5% alcohol. This is organically farmed Bouysselet, a rare old Fronton variety

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Chile Features Latest 

Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
Features France Latest 

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 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.

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