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Features France Latest Regions Rhone 

Exploring Costières de Nîmes (5) Château Font-Barrièle

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 jamiegoode 5522 Views

Website: https://chateaufontbarriele.fr/ Not all winery visits go as planned. I was on my way to meet with Christian and Caroline

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Videos: The Simplesmente Vinho wine festival in Porto

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 jamiegoode 5140 Views

A short film of this year’s Simplesmente Vinho wine festival, held in Porto. This is devoted to artisinal, low intervention

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Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux en primeur: the Tinder of fine wine

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 jamiegoode 7772 Views

It’s Bordeaux en primeur time! For two weeks, 6000 wine professionals – a mixture of merchants, journalists and various other

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Highlights: Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 DOP Madeirense, Portugal

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 jamiegoode 3897 Views Madeira

Here I’m tasting Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 which is a table wine made from Madeira grapes by the

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Features Latest New Zealand 

Marlborough at 50: the remarkable Yealands story

February 16, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 10651 Views

‘Think boldly, tread lightly, and never say it can’t be done:’ that’s the official motto Peter Yealands chose for the

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Features Israel Latest Regions 

The wines of Israel: a study in 44 wines

February 3, 2023May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 31635 Views

I recently spent a few days in Israel. The trip was primarily about giving two presentations at the inaugural IPEVO

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 jamiegoode 5238 Views pinot noir

I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked

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Burgundy Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Burgundy 2021: a snapshot of the vintage through the wines of nine producers

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 jamiegoode 10373 Views

Time to taste cask samples of the 2021 vintage in Burgundy. It was a much talked about vintage because of

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Pícaro del Aguilar Clarete Vinhas Velhas 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 jamiegoode 4308 Views Ribero del Duero

This is a really intriguing wine that I’ve fallen in love with, and which I buy. It’s the in-between land

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal

January 12, 2023 jamiegoode 3182 Views Açores

Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal13% alcohol. This is the special Azores variety named Arinto that’s different

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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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