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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1228 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://www.anthillfarms.com/ Anthill Farms began with 8 barrels of wine in 2024, and was started by three winemakers who’d met

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The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 2964 Views Business of wine

I popped into Lidl today to have a look at their wine offering. Lidl is one of the two German

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Restaurants: a near perfect lunch at Chez Bruce, Wandsworth Common, London

December 19, 2025 jamiegoode 2204 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.chezbruce.co.uk/ What do you want from a restaurant experience? It really depends. Sometimes you want gastronomic challenge. Sometimes you

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Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca

December 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1877 Views

Website: https://www.casamarin.cl/ Casa Marin is one of Chile’s success stories. It’s a boutique winery based in Lo Abarca, which is

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Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1773 Views Yarra Valley

Giant Steps winery was started in the Yarra Valley by Phil Sexton in the late 1990s. He is a serial

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Yarra Valley (10) Bobar

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1158 Views Yarra Valley

Sally and Tom Belford met at wine school, and in 2010 began making wine together in the Yarra Valley. I

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Launched today: Regenerative Viticulture, Second Edition

December 15, 2025January 23, 2026 jamiegoode 3995 Views Books

Anyone who has written a book knows the amount of planning, researching, thought and effort that goes into bringing it

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Yarra Valley (9) Rob Dolan Wines

December 14, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1268 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.robdolanwines.com.au/ Rob Dolan has been in the Yarra since 1991. He first came here when he was employed as

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Transmission: an exciting new wine project in Portugal’s Bairrada wine region

December 14, 2025January 19, 2026 jamiegoode 6767 Views Bairrada

Transmission is an exciting new wine project from Bairrada. It’s a partnership between three people, and was begun as a

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Highlights: The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 jamiegoode 1141 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.weyborne.com/ The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England12% alcohol. This is an early release from 2022, and

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Pannobile – meeting this coalition of amazing Burgenland producers, who are making some of Austria’s most interesting wines
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Pannobile – meeting this coalition of amazing Burgenland producers, who are making some of Austria’s most interesting wines

May 31, 2026 jamiegoode

The Pannobile group is now 30 years old. It was John Nittnaus who created the term Pannobile, from Pannonia, the

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United States of Blaufränkisch – a deep dive into this amazing red grape variety (1) 25 examples from Hungary

May 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Vergelegen: the first release of the top wines under new winemaker Luke O’Cuinneagain
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Vergelegen: the first release of the top wines under new winemaker Luke O’Cuinneagain

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Ian hongell winemaker at torbreck
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Torbreck: a deep dive into this important Barossa winery, with winemaker Ian Hongell

May 28, 2026May 28, 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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