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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: two wines from Frederick Stevenson in South Australia

August 16, 2025July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 2138 Views

Frederick Stevenson is a naturally oriented winegrower in South Australia, and I tried these two wines from him. Frederick Stevenson

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023 Côtes du Rhône, France

August 9, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1904 Views

This is a really impressive southern Rhône red from Richaud, a top producer in Cairanne. Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023

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Highlights Japan 

Highlights: Niki Hills Winery Zweigeltrebe 2022 Hokkaido, Japan

August 7, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1721 Views

Niki Hills is an interesting winery based in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, which is turning out to be

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Highlights Latest Uruguay 

Highlights: Pablo Fallabrino Sagitta Nebbiolo Grand Reserve 2020 Uruguay

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1657 Views Nebbiolo

Popped into the Good Wine Shop in Kew today and was recommended this wine: a Nebbiolo from Uruguay! Drank it

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Chile Features Highlights 

MAULE: SMALL-SCALE ETHICAL PRODUCERS KEEP RURAL COMMUNITIES ALIVE WHILST MAKING SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING WINES IN LATIN AMERICA 

July 29, 2025July 2, 2026 Lisse Garnett 7046 Views Organic Chile

Time to drink up, says Lisse Garnett.. The UK drinks more Chilean wine than anyone else. Market contractions challenge this

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from new English still wine producer The Heretics

July 21, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1938 Views

Website: https://www.wearetheheretics.com/ The Heretics Pale Rosé 2023 Crouch Valley, Essex12% alcohol. Pale in colour, as it says on the label.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Smith & Evans Higher Plot Pinot Chardonnay Late Disgorged 2010 England

July 15, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1667 Views Sparkling wine

This is really interesting; It’s a late disgorgement of an English sparkling wine that spent 13 years on its lees.

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlight: the stunning first edition of Perpetual from English fizz star Langham

July 14, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 4038 Views Sparkling wine

Langham Perpetual Chardonnay First Edition NV Dorset, England12% alcohol. The best wines from 2017, 2018 and 2019 blended together, and

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: three stunning Chenins from Alheit

July 7, 2025February 12, 2026 jamiegoode 2453 Views

Chris Alheit was presenting at the Chenin Congress 2025 in the Loire Valley, and he showed three recent releases. These

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hambledon Classic Cuvée Rosé NV England

July 3, 2025February 12, 2026 jamiegoode 1691 Views

New release of this impressive rosé from Hambledon, one of the UK’s leading sparkling wine houses. [Aside: keep this out

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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

Website: https://haywirewinery.com/ I’ve reported on the wines of Okanagan star Haywire a lot in the past. Under the hands of

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
Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026
Features Germany Latest Regions 

Mosel Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

August 25, 2026August 25, 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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