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Highlights: Wirra Wirra Church Block 2022 McLaren Vale, Australia

December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 jamiegoode 528 Views McLaren Vale

Church Block is one of those important wines that we need more of. It’s affordable, and accessible, but it’s a

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Video: Place of Changing Winds, a remarkable vineyard in Australia’s Macedon Ranges wine region

December 29, 2025 jamiegoode 609 Views

Website: https://www.placeofchangingwinds.com.au/ Jamie Goode visits Rob Walter’s Place of Changing Winds vineyard in the Macedon Ranges wine region, Victoria, Australia.

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Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 694 Views Yarra Valley

Giant Steps winery was started in the Yarra Valley by Phil Sexton in the late 1990s. He is a serial

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Yarra Valley (10) Bobar

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 541 Views Yarra Valley

Sally and Tom Belford met at wine school, and in 2010 began making wine together in the Yarra Valley. I

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Yarra Valley (9) Rob Dolan Wines

December 14, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 499 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.robdolanwines.com.au/ Rob Dolan has been in the Yarra since 1991. He first came here when he was employed as

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Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert

November 23, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 753 Views Yarra Valley

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

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Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer

November 23, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 688 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://timomayer.com.au/ Timo Meyer originally came from Germany, but for a long time now he’s been making some of the

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Yarra Valley (6) Mac Forbes Wines

November 22, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 626 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://macforbes.com/ Mac Forbes made his name as winemaker with the late John Middleton at Mount Mary in the Yarra

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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1213 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.yarrayering.com/ One of Australia’s vinous treasures, Yarra Yering was set up by the eccentric genius Dr Bailey Carrodus, who

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Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 916 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.tarrawarra.com.au/ It was a lovely sunny late-spring morning when I visited Tarrawarra’s Swallowfield vineyard with winemaker Sarah Fagan and

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Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
California Features Latest 

Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 jamiegoode

Gallo (they dropped the E&J bit in 2024) own the three largest wineries in the world. They don’t tend to

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany
Features Germany Latest Profiles 

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
Features Latest Switzerland 

Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 jamiegoode
cave biber valais
Features Latest Switzerland 

Cave Biber, making lovely wines from Switzerland’s Valais

January 11, 2026January 11, 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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