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Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Pormenor, Douro, Portugal

January 8, 2021 jamiegoode 10327 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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Features Profiles Regions Spain 

The remarkable wines of Javi Revert, Valencia, Spain

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 jamiegoode 11284 Views Valencia

Valencia is a region in eastern Spain not known for fine wine production, but there is one winegrower – Javi

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Italy Profiles 

Candialle: top wines from a Finnish couple in Tuscany

December 9, 2020December 18, 2020 jamiegoode 6770 Views chianti

I met Jarkko Peränen a few years ago at a wine symposium in Tampere, Finland. He’s Finnish, but now lives

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New Zealand Profiles Regions 

Folium: Marlborough Sauvignon and Pinot Noir with a difference

December 5, 2020 jamiegoode 7078 Views Marlborough

I visited Takaki Okada’s vineyard, Folium, when I was hanging around Marlborough (New Zealand) for a while, back in 2017/18.

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Lebanon Profiles 

The wines of Château Ksara, Lebanon

December 1, 2020 jamiegoode 10474 Views

Lebanon is making some pretty interesting wines at the moment. As well as old favourite Musar, there’s the likes of

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Hungary Latest Profiles 

Heimann & Fiai: exciting Kadarka and Kékfrankos from Hungary

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 jamiegoode 5363 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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Greece Profiles 

Lyrarakis: visiting this leading winery in Crete

November 9, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 11844 Views

Greece has become a very interesting country for wine of late. So in September 2019, during vintage, I was delighted

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Profiles Regions Uruguay 

In Uruguay: Pisano and Viña Progreso

November 8, 2020 jamiegoode 8959 Views

Pisano is one of Uruguay’s best-known producers. It’s run by three brothers, Daniel, Eduardo and Gustavo. They have forged a

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Profiles Regions South Africa 

In the Swartland: AA Badenhorst Wines

November 4, 2020 jamiegoode 12855 Views swartland

Goode and Ring visit Adi Badenhorst at his Kalmoesfontein farm in the Paardeberg Wesbsite https://www.kalmoesfontein.com/ One of the most fascinating

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Japan Profiles 

In Nagano, Japan: Inishienosato Budoshu

October 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5380 Views Nagano

Next stop was the Inishienosato Budoshu winery in Shiojiri City. The rules here allow small wineries of 2000 litres. Normally

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Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
Features Portugal 

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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