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Features Profiles Romania TOP STORIES 

Behind the scenes at Cramele Recas: Romania’s remarkable wine success story

September 30, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 12054 Views

Back in 1998, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania. They started with 650 hectares of scraggly

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Australia Features Profiles 

Top McLaren Vale Grenache from Thistledown

September 25, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 5225 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Website: https://www.thistledownwines.com/ McLaren Vale Grenache is a success story at the moment. Many people have discovered that if you make

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Wongraven: where Norwegian black metal meets fine wine

August 31, 2021 jamiegoode 10914 Views

Website: https://www.wongravenwines.com/ Sigurd Wongraven became famous as front man for Norwegian black metal band Satyricon, but has also developed his

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Burgundy Features Profiles Regions 

Visiting Chanson, an impressive negociant and domaine, in Bourgogne

August 17, 2021 jamiegoode 9160 Views

Website: http://www.domaine-chanson.com/en Maison Chanson (also known as Domaine Chanson for their domaine wines) was founded in 1750, and still occupies

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Luis Seabra, Portugal

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 jamiegoode 15508 Views Dão, Douro, granite, Schist, Vinho Verde

Luis Seabra made his name as winemaker for Niepoort, before leaving to set up his own project in 2013. Seabra’s

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Australia Profiles Regions 

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

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7671 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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Features Italy Latest Profiles 

In Piedmonte: visiting Giuseppe Rinaldi, with Alessia and Carlotta

August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 jamiegoode 12969 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 10164 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 9541 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 8052 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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Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
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La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 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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