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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2014 Rioja, Spain

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 jamiegoode 7894 Views Rioja

La Rioja Alta is one of the classic wineries of Rioja. They have three Reserva Wine brands, Alberdi, Arana and

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Highlights: Château La Negly La Brise Marine 2019 La Clape

August 11, 2020 jamiegoode 5642 Views Languedoc

Château La Negly La Brise Marine 2019 La Clape, Languedoc, France13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Bourboulenc, Roussanne and

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Château Cavalier: rosés from Provence

August 1, 2020 jamiegoode 7703 Views Provence, Rose

Website: https://www.chateau-cavalier.com/en/ This is a property owned by Castel at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the heart

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Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontennelles 2016 Saumur, Loire

July 30, 2020December 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6642 Views Chenin Blanc, Natural wine

I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a

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Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 jamiegoode 6696 Views

This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7118 Views pinot noir

Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa14% alcohol. This is from Hemel-en-Arde, but is labelled Overberg because 20%

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port 1998 Douro, Portugal

July 17, 2020 jamiegoode 6354 Views Port

Quinta do Vesuvio is one of the great Quintas of the Douro. It’s located in the Douro Superior (the wamer,

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Latest South Africa 

Olerasay No 2: a South African sweet wine that is becoming one of the world’s greats

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 jamiegoode 11002 Views

Five years after the first release, we have Olerasay No 2, a solera-aged straw wine from Mullineux in South Africa’s

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Maison Ventanac: ‘new natural’ wines from the Languedoc

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 jamiegoode 10757 Views

Website: http://www.maisonventenac.fr/ Maison Ventenac is run by Stephanie and Olivier Ramy, and they are the third generation of their family

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In Nagano, Japan: a big tasting at Tomi Wine Chapel

July 7, 2020July 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9009 Views Nagano

I was back at the fabulous Tomi Wine Chapel in Nagano, for a wine tasting. This is a very cool

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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.courelasdatorre.com/en/ This is the first time I’ve tried the wines from this Alentejo producer, based in Redondo, making organic

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
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Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 25, 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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