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Gusbourne: one of the UK’s leading producers

October 24, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3989 Views

Website: https://www.gusbourne.com/ Back in 2004 Andrew Weeber planted the first vines of Gusbourne in Appeldore in Kent. The first wines

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Features Profiles South of France 

Costières de Nîmes, an exciting region in the Rhône, part 1: introduction

October 20, 2022January 20, 2023 jamiegoode 5807 Views Costieres de Nimes, southern rhone

Website: https://www.costieres-nimes.org/en/vineyard The most southerly of the Rhône vineyards, Costières de Nîmes is southwest of Avignon, and due south of

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The wines of Cartuxa, an important producer in Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2022October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 5499 Views Alentejo

Website: Cartuxa One of the famous old table wines of Portugal is Pera Manca, which is made by the Cartuxa

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Features Profiles South Africa 

Visiting Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L’Ormarins Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa

October 9, 2022October 26, 2022 jamiegoode 7385 Views

Website: Anthonij Rupert Wyne Antonij Rupert is the wine project based at L’Ormarins estate on the eastern boundary of Franschhoek,

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Chloi Chatzivaryti: beautiful natural wines from Greece

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 jamiegoode 8724 Views

Chloi Chatzivaryti is making some very exciting wines from a subregion of Naoussa called Goumenissa. I first met her at

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The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 4488 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

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The wines of David & Nadia, Swartland, South Africa

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 jamiegoode 6808 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

Website: https://davidnadia.com/ David and Nadia Sadie studied together and then got married in 2009. They both began working for different

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The wines of Casa de Darei, Dão, Portugal

August 8, 2022 jamiegoode 5317 Views Dao

Website: http://casadedarei.pt/eng_index.html Back in 1997 José Ruivo bought a 140 hectare farm on the shores of the Dão river at

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Donkey and Goat: Californian wines with a natural twist

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 9346 Views Natural wine

Jared and Tracey Brandt have an urban winery in Berkeley, California, called Donkey and Goat, which they started in 2003.

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Alsace Features Profiles 

Rolly Gassmann: singular wines from Alsace

July 20, 2022 jamiegoode 5755 Views

Website: Domaine Rolly Gassmann Rolly Gassmann is one of the most singular producers in Alsace. They are based in Rorschwihr,

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Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lukelambertwines.com.au/ Luke makes wine from the northern part of the Yarra where the soils are granite with granitic sand.

Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer
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Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (6) Mac Forbes Wines
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Yarra Valley (6) Mac Forbes Wines

November 22, 2025November 23, 2025 jamiegoode
10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais
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10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais

November 21, 2025November 21, 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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