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Greek wines from female winemakers at Maltby and Greek

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 jamiegoode 2494 Views

Website: https://www.maltbyandgreek.com/ A chance encounter led to a great tasting. I was in Bermondsey exploring Spa Terminus, where many wholesale

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Highlights: Champagne Billecart-Salmon Le Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru

September 6, 2025 jamiegoode 3419 Views

I like that Billecart-Salmon now have ‘my origin’ on their website, where if you are so inclined you can find

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Nice wines at the 67 Sessions: Le Moine, Brocard, Scala Dei, San Leonardo

September 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2591 Views Chablis, champagne, Priorat

The evening before the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards, there was a new event. The 67 Sessions, an

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Origin roasters, Cape Town – an amazing coffee experience

September 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2335 Views coffee

Website: https://originroasting.co.za/ On my last visit to Cape Town we stopped off at Origin, which is a coffee roaster and

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Latest Portugal Regions 

Gallery: the Douro in black and white

September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 2593 Views Douro

Some images from the Douro, captured in black and white. Sometimes restricting creative options helps you to look more carefully.

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Alsace Features Latest 

Alsace Pinot Noir, a mini study

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 jamiegoode 2776 Views pinot noir

I tasted quite a bit of Pinot Noir when I last visited Alsace in autumn 2023, and came away impressed.

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Highlights: Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2022 Spain

August 30, 2025 jamiegoode 2319 Views manzanilla, palomino, sherry

Another beauty from Ramiro Ibáñez. Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2022 Spain11.5% alcohol. This is Palomino from a collection of

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Watching the Aldeburgh moonrise with Champagne: Lanson Le Black and Heidsieck & Co Monopole

August 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1992 Views

On a recent trip to the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts we sat on the beach at Aldeburgh as the sun

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Maison Arnaud Boué, making some excellent negociant wines in Bourgogne

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2804 Views Aligote, Gamay

Arnaud Boué comes from Bourgogne, but didn’t come from a wine family. He did, however, get a degree in enology,

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Highlights: Bluestone Premier Rosé 2021 England

August 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1837 Views

Website: https://bluestonevineyards.co.uk/ Bluestone are a relative newcomer to the English wine scene, though such is the pace of change here

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

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
Features Germany Latest 

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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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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