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Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate

June 11, 2026June 13, 2026 jamiegoode 604 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.quailsgate.com/ Quails’ gate are one of the most important wineries in the Okanagan, making top quality wines at a

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Vergelegen: the first release of the top wines under new winemaker Luke O’Cuinneagain

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 jamiegoode 924 Views Stellenbosch

I visited Vergelegen a while ago, seeing how this celebrated wine estate has emerged from a period of underperformance under

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Ian hongell winemaker at torbreck
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Torbreck: a deep dive into this important Barossa winery, with winemaker Ian Hongell

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 jamiegoode 944 Views Barossa, shiraz

It was back in 1994 that Dave Powell began a winery that was to prove very important for the Barossa

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Matthias Müller, stunning wines from the Mittelrhein in Germany

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 jamiegoode 539 Views

Website: https://www.weingut-matthiasmueller.de/en/start-en/ Matthias Müller is a family-owned wine estate based in the Mittelrhein. It’s a beautiful area, and this stretch

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Vallado: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 2026May 21, 2026 jamiegoode 607 Views Douro

I first visited Quinta do Vallado back in 2002, and I’ve been back a few times since. The quinta and

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Austria Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 jamiegoode 849 Views Burgenland

Website: https://www.kracher.at/ Based in the village of Illmitz, in the Burgenland, Kracher is probably the most famous sweet wine producer

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Features Latest New Zealand Profiles 

Prophet’s Rock in Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s top wineries, excelling with Pinot Noir, Riesling and Pinot Gris

April 18, 2026 jamiegoode 1106 Views Central Otago, pinot gris, pinot noir

Website: https://www.prophetsrock.co.nz/ At wine Paris I caught up with Paul Pujol (pictured above) to taste through the new releases from

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Invincible, a new Douro star winery from Marc Kent and Rita Marques

April 14, 2026 jamiegoode 992 Views Douro

Website: https://invincible.com.pt/ This is the Douro project of Marc Kent and Rita Marques. Marc is well known as the founder

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta de la Rosa: the elegant side of Portugal’s Douro

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 936 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ I’ve been following the wines of Quinta de La Rosa for a long time. Owned by the Bergqvist

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Impressive Dão wines from Julia Kemper

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 779 Views Dao

There’s something special about Portugal’s Dão wine region, and there’s now a roll call of producers doing really good things

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (8) Burrowing Owl

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.burrowingowlwine.ca/ Burrowing Owl is another important Okanagan winery. They are medium-sized (45 000 cases), but they are an important

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel
Austria Features Latest 

Katharina Gessl, an exciting producer in Austria’s Wienvertel

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (7) Black Hills Estate

June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Tawse winery
Canada Features Latest 

Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive

June 13, 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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