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Koerner: a new producer from the Clare Valley now making some of Australia’s most exciting wines

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7490 Views Clare Valley, Riesling

Website: https://koernerwine.com.au/ The vineyards that are behind new Clare Valley superstar Koerner have been in the family for 45 years

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Giuseppe Rinaldi
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In Piedmonte: visiting Giuseppe Rinaldi, with Alessia and Carlotta

August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 jamiegoode 12342 Views barolo, piedmont

This was my first professional visit in Piedmont, and as they go, it was quite a good start. It was

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Modesty and talent: Balfour wines from Hush Heath Estate are actually pretty rad…

August 6, 2021August 10, 2021 Lisse Garnett 9868 Views

Lisse Garnett and Jamie Goode visit the estate and report back on an operation that isn’t quite as the marketing

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Visiting Mullineux, one of South Africa’s top producers

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 jamiegoode 9231 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring continue their series on the Swartland, visiting Mullineux at their home base, Roundstone. This was

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Latest Profiles Spain 

The wines of Bodegas Piqueras, Almansa, Spain

July 26, 2021 jamiegoode 7775 Views almansa

In Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region there’s a small DO called Almansa. And one of the striking this about this is

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Profiles Regions Uruguay 

In Uruguay: Bodega Bouza

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 jamiegoode 7628 Views

Bouza is based in the Montevideo wine region in Uruguay. I was hosted by Manuel Bouza, and Dr Eduardo Boido

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Portugal Profiles 

Textura wines: a new project from Portugal’s Dão wine region

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 jamiegoode 6532 Views Dao

Textura wines, Dão, Portugal Textura is a new family-owned winery that began in 2018. It’s based on 7 plots (22

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Burgundy Profiles 

The Bret Brothers, La Soufrandière, Bourgogne

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 11995 Views Chardonnay

Goode and Ring report on one of the most exciting domaines in the Mâconnais, a region that’s increasingly turning out

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Features Profiles Regions Spain 

Bodegas Tradicion: visiting one of the best Sherry producers of all

July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 jamiegoode 6657 Views sherry

Website: Bodegas Tradicion There are a number of threads to the story of sherry today. We have big sherry: the

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Profiles South Africa 

Two Semillons from The Vineyard Party: an exciting debut for this South African producer

July 4, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7389 Views orange wine, Semillon

Semillon is an interesting variety, and it has made some really interesting wines in South Africa, both as single variety

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Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
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The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.aldeiadecima.com/en/ Herdade Aldeia de Cima is a large 2400 hectare estate in Vidigueira in the south Alentejo. Here, Luisa

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 jamiegoode
Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca
Chile Features Latest 

Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca

December 16, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 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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