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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 jamiegoode 3717 Views Elgin

Really liked this rather unusual white blend from Elgin winery Spioenkop. Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa13.5%

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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Fox Run Ikehu Cabernet Franc 2017 Finger Lakes, New York State

December 16, 2023 jamiegoode 3007 Views cabernet franc, Finger Lakes

Cabernet Franc is a grape variety that is thriving in the Finger Lakes wine region in New York State, which

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Exploring Japanese wine (4) a dinner with amazing wines at Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery

December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 jamiegoode 6603 Views

Website: www.papilles.net This was a beautiful evening at Fujimaru Winery, which is a restaurant and urban winery in Osaka. This

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Are pesticide levels in wine something we should be concerned about?

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 jamiegoode 30057 Views

Advocacy group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) do some good work. We need independent bodies that campaign for food

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The remarkable big bottle cellars at the Hospiz Alm in St. Christoph am Arlberg, Austria

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 jamiegoode 11867 Views

Website: https://www.arlberghospiz.at/en/gastronomy/hospiz-alm-restaurant/ The Hospiz Alm restaurant is based in the small hamlet St. Christoph am Arlberg, which is the highest

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Austrian Fine Wine Masterclass: 15 remarkable bottles

December 12, 2023 jamiegoode 5947 Views

This was a tasting focusing on Austria’s fine wine dimension, hosted by Paula Sidore, Willi Balanjuk and Peter Schleimer at

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Tasting top fortified wines blind: the 2023 Best Bottle Award in Lech am Arlberg, Austria

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 jamiegoode 3760 Views fortified, Madeira, Port, sherry

Best Bottle Award 2023, Restaurant Fux, Lech am Arlberg, Austria Part of the Arlberg Weinberg festival, this is the fourth

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Austria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Hirsch, one of the leading producers in Austria’s Kamptal wine region

December 11, 2023 jamiegoode 5585 Views Kamptal

Website: https://www.weingut-hirsch.at/en/ Johannes Hirsch is making some of Austria’s best Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from his winery in Kammern, which

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Video: visiting the Chianti Classico wine region, all four episodes

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 jamiegoode 6115 Views Chianti Classico

Four wine friends – John Szabo, Michael Godel, Jamie Goode and Emily Harman – visit the Chianti Classico wine region.

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Features Latest Spain 

Paso-Primero, Somontano, Spain

December 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3964 Views Somontano

Website: https://www.paso-primero.com/ Paso-Primero is a really interesting wine project that began in 2015 in Somontano run by Thomas and Emma

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Features Latest Portugal 

Current releases from Dão legend Antonio Madeira

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 jamiegoode

I’ve reported on Antonio Madeira and his wines before in detail. He’s one of the most important producers in the

Restaurants: dinner at La Trompette, Chiswick, with three interesting wines
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Restaurants: dinner at La Trompette, Chiswick, with three interesting wines

June 1, 2026 jamiegoode
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
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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

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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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