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China Features Food and wine Latest 

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode 868 Views Restaurants

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

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China Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Renyiyuan Tao Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Ningxia, China

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 jamiegoode 799 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best Chinese wines I’ve tasted. It’s from Renyiyuan Vineyard, which was established in 2010 in

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Features Latest 

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1175 Views

Flying out to Hong Kong today so I did a lounge raid (T5 BA first class lounge – because of

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Books: an impressive guide to Japanese Wine from Nick Rowan

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 1316 Views

Japanese Wine: History, Regions, Wineries By Nick Rowan Wine Fogg, 2025, website https://winefogg.com/ I’ve visited Japanese wine regions several times,

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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 1432 Views Finger Lakes

Website: https://apollospraise.com/ This is an exciting new project in the Finger Lakes of New York State. Julia Hoyle (winemaker at

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Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1695 Views

Just back from a few days in Porto. While I was there I had a chance to wander around. Some

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Features Latest Spain 

Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1042 Views

Iago Garrido founded Fazenda Augalevada back in 2008, after purchasing 4 hectares of abandoned terraces in the northern part of

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Features Latest Spain 

Eulogio Pomares and Zarate: amazing wines from Rías Baixas

February 28, 2026 jamiegoode 1084 Views Albarino, rias baixas

Website: https://www.zarate.es/ Eulogio Pomares is making some of the best wines in Rías Baixas. He works with two labels: Zarate

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Features Latest Spain 

Nanclares y Prieto, beautiful wines from Rías Baixas

February 28, 2026February 28, 2026 jamiegoode 1136 Views Albarino, rias baixas

Website: https://nanclaresyprieto.es/ I tasted these wines at Simplesmente Vinho in Porto in February 2026 with Alberto Nanclares (pictured above). He

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Mas de daumas gassac blanc
France Highlights Languedoc Latest 

Highlights: two vintages of the Blanc de Raisins Blanc from Mas de Daumas Gassac, Languedoc star

February 27, 2026 jamiegoode 721 Views

Two versions of the same wine, eight years apart. Mas de Daumas Gassac are best known for their red wine,

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

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

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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