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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: two wines from Penn Croft, a regeneratively farmed vineyard in Hampshire

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 jamiegoode 5911 Views

Website: https://penncroftvineyards.com/pages/sustainability Simon Porter is a farmer, and owner of the Penn Croft winery in Hampshire. He’s been farming regeneratively

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Highlights: Cantina Arceto Migliolungo Lambrusco NV, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

April 9, 2022April 11, 2022 Treve Ring 4757 Views Emilia-Romagna, Lambrusco, Sparkling wine

More than 40 different ancient, traditional red grapes go into this Lambrusco, with 21 of these different varieties of Lambrusco

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Australia Features Latest 

Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: pitting top examples against international benchmarks

February 23, 2022 jamiegoode 6721 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley

The Clare Valley is a north-south running valley some 30 km long and 10 km wide, 130 km north of

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Highlights: Balassa Szent Tamás Furmint 2019 Tokaji, Hungary

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5680 Views Furmint

Furmint is an ancient grape with at least 450 years of history. Hungary has most of it, with almost 4000

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Video: Wine Paris 2022, a quick report from this major wine fair

February 16, 2022February 17, 2022 jamiegoode 5373 Views

In this short film, Jamie Goode reports from the 2022 edition of Vinexpo Wine Paris, held 14-16 February in France’s

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: El Hombre Bala 2015 Vinos de Madrid, Spain

January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 5478 Views Grenache

Gotta love infusion-style Garnacha from Gredos! This is a good one. I bought this bottle a few years ago at

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Domaine Chanson, Bourgogne: impressive 2020 releases

December 14, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 11419 Views

Domaine Chanson has a sizeable 43 hectares of vines in Bourgogne, and also operates as a negociant. This was a

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Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5637 Views

https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.

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Features France Latest 

Moulin-à-Vent, an ambitious Beaujolais cru

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 jamiegoode 8847 Views Beaujolais, Gamay

Jamie Goode tastes the 2019 releases from members of the Cap Moulin-à-Vent organization Cap Moulin-à-Vent is the sort of organization

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Features Latest New Zealand 

Mud House Chile Sauvignon Blanc, and why I think this is a bad idea

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 jamiegoode 19940 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

A few weeks ago a sample arrived. I opened it up and thought, oh, the new vintage of Mud House

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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Bordeaux has a problem. It’s finding it increasingly hard to sell its cheaper red wines. AOP Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Rhonea

August 4, 2026August 4, 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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