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France Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Stéphane Revel Novicius Malbec Fruité 2024 Cahors

June 23, 2026 jamiegoode 814 Views cahors, Malbec

Website: https://www.revel.vin/en In 2022 Stéphane Revel took over the reins of Château de Rouffiac with two partners. The oldest vines

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yuki bar
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Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 jamiegoode 859 Views Restaurants

We popped into Yuki Bar yesterday while we were exploring London Fields, which is one of the gastronomic hotspots of

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Features Latest 

Island Wines Summit: Sea Wines Without Borders, a brilliant tasting with Josep Roca

June 21, 2026 jamiegoode 1025 Views

I’m at the Island Wines Summit in Tenerife. The first tasting, with Josep Roca, of El Cellar de Can Roca,

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England Highlights Latest Regions 

Highlights: Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvée NV Edition II

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 jamiegoode 1221 Views Sparkling wine

It’s the second release of this high-profile English sparkling wine, a collaboration between Champagne Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield. You can

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Constantino Ramos wine
Features Latest Portugal 

New releases from new-wave Vinho Verde star Constantino Ramos

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 jamiegoode 851 Views Vinho Verde

I’ve written about Constantino Ramos and his wines in depth before on this site. I caught up with him at

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kismet winery okanagan
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (9) Kismet Estate Winery

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 jamiegoode 893 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.kismetestatewinery.com/ There’s a great story to Kismet. Sukwinder (Sukhi) and Balwinder Dhaliwal moved from the Punjab in India to

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 jamiegoode 1263 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.burrowingowlwine.ca/ Burrowing Owl is another important Okanagan winery. They are medium-sized (45 000 cases), but they are an important

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Austria Features Latest 

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Weinviertel

June 16, 2026July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 928 Views Weinviertel

Website: https://www.katharinagessl.at/ The transition to the following generation is often a challenge for Austrian wineries, especially where the kids have

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Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode 707 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.blackhillswinery.com/ Black Hills is a noted winery in Black Sage Bench in the south of the Okanagan, famous for

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Tawse winery
Canada Features Latest 

Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive

June 13, 2026 jamiegoode 1186 Views Chardonnay, Niagara, pinot noir

Tawse, one of Canada’s top wineries, is 25. And last night, on my arrival into Niagara in advance of justing

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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
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Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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