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Two from Agostina De Lucca in Uruguay

January 20, 2021 jamiegoode 6695 Views

This time last year I visited De Lucca winery in Uruguay’s Canelones region. You can red the report here. The

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France Highlights Latest 

Highlights: François Villard L’appel des Sereines Syrah 2017, Northern Rhône, France

January 20, 2021 Treve Ring 7062 Views Northern Rhone, syrah

François Villard is well known in the Northern Rhone for his masterful and poetic Côte-Rôtie and Saint-Joseph. Starting off his

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Pormenor, Douro, Portugal

January 8, 2021 jamiegoode 11547 Views Douro

Pedro Coelho is the winemaker behind Douro winery Pormenor. He explains that his philosophy is to make wines with minimal

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Books Latest Wine Science 

Nose dive, a field guide to the world’s smells: an important new book from Harold McGee

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Lisse Garnett 11630 Views

Most of the experience of wine comes from the sense of smell. Lisse Garnett reviews an exciting new book on

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Highlights: Champagne Robert Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Sur Oger Grand Cru 2012

December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6642 Views

Moncuit farm without herbicides and pesticides, and are organic but not certified. The base wine for this vintage 2012 is

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Hungary Latest Profiles 

Heimann & Fiai: exciting Kadarka and Kékfrankos from Hungary

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 jamiegoode 6100 Views

The 2200-hectare appellation of Szekszárd is one of the historic wine regions of Hungary. It’s in the middle of the

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Highlights: Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2017

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8561 Views Gamay

Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2017 Beaujolais, France13.5% alcohol. This is from the special terroir of Côte du Py

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Highlights: Domaine Metrat Fleurie La Roilette 2018 Beaujolais, France

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6120 Views Gamay

How I love Gamay, and how exciting it is to see the Beaujolais wine region progressing and developing in such

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Features Latest 

The hundred halters

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 jamiegoode 8640 Views

Jamie Goode discusses the future of wine criticism, and asks whether traditionalists might resist the journey into the sunlit uplands

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Latest Profiles Spain 

Vinos Oceánicos: unfortified wines from Sherry country, made in clay

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7924 Views Jerez

Raúl Moreno is the dude behind this new venture (first harvest 2017) in Sherry country: Vino Oceánicos. He works with

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.pamplemoussejus.ca/ We need more wineries like this! Pamplemousse Jus is a small winery based on a farm in the

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 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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