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Albariño: a Study

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 Treve Ring 7720 Views Albarino, Alvarinho, granite, Portugal, Spain

[alβaˈɾiɲʊ] One of northern Spain’s most prolific white grapes, Albariño makes up the majority of plantings in Rías Baixas (90+

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Canada Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Ontario Sparkling Wine: tasting 29 different wines from Niagara and Prince Edward County, Canada

July 31, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 7884 Views Sparkling wine

Canada’s Ontario wine regions have quite a talent for sparkling wine, and this is becoming quite an important category. Here

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Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar, Harrods

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6300 Views Restaurants

Website: Moët et Chandon Champagne Bar at Harrods Moët et Chandon have recently opened a new Champagne bar at Harrods,

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

In Niagara (5) Flat Rock Cellars

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6476 Views Niagara

Website: Flat Rock Cellars Flat Rock dates back to the late 1990s, and the vineyard was planted in 2001 and

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Barossa meets Bordeaux with this new Penfolds x Dourthe collaboration wine, Penfolds II

July 27, 2022August 4, 2022 Lisse Garnett 8898 Views

Take Bordeaux master blenders, Dourthe, add 175 years of Australian patience, grit, ambition and skill – mix in that infamous

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Qvevri wines from Georgia: 69 wines tried

July 25, 2022 jamiegoode 17394 Views

This was a great chance to try 69 different qvevri wines from Georgia, white and red. Georgia has become famous

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

The School of Cool 2022: exploring Chardonnay at an international conference in Canada’s Niagara region, with Andrew Jefford and The Great Chardo Swap

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 jamiegoode 5033 Views Chardonnay

The School of Cool, the Friday seminar of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C), held each year in Niagara,

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Restaurants: Marcella, Deptford

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 4902 Views Restaurants

Website: https://marcella.london/ This was my first time out to Deptford, but it was worth the excursion. Marcella isn’t fancy, but

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Highlights: Howard’s Folly Freshco? 2020 Alentejo, Portugal

July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5292 Views Alentejo

This is a bright red from Portalegre (the cooler, higher-altitude bit of the Alentejo) with vineyards in the granite foothills

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Highlights: Craven Pinot Gris 2020 Stellenbosch, South Africa

June 21, 2022 jamiegoode 4958 Views pinot gris

There’s not much Pinot Gris in Stellenbosch. It’s perhaps planted in three vineyards, and the one this comes from is

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Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 jamiegoode

One of the most important people in the transformation of Vinho Verde from a region of gassy ephemeral wines into

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Current releases from Dão legend Antonio Madeira

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 jamiegoode
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
Austria Features Highlights TOP STORIES 

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

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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.

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