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Top McLaren Vale Grenache from Thistledown

September 25, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6083 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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Koerner: a new producer from the Clare Valley now making some of Australia’s most exciting wines

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 jamiegoode 8492 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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Highlights: Koerner Mammolo 2020, Clare Valley, Australia

May 22, 2021August 8, 2021 Treve Ring 5341 Views Amphora, Clare Valley, organic

Brothers Damon and Jono Koerner show classic and alternative Clare varieties through a variety of winemaking vessels and styles, all

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Highlights: Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay 2019 Yarra Valley, Australia

March 2, 2021 jamiegoode 6543 Views Chardonnay

Giant Steps is a Yarra Valley winery established by entrepreneur Phil Sexton back in 1997 (here’s a review of a

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Highlights: Mac Forbes EB56 Italian Stallion Dolcetto 2019 Yarra, Australia

January 13, 2021February 17, 2021 Treve Ring 6396 Views Yarra Valley

Though Mac Forbes has been working with Italian varieties in the Yarra for a while, this is his first Dolcetto,

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Tasmanian Pinot Noir: a study

November 20, 2020November 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9250 Views

A small island 240 km south of Victoria is making some of Australia’s most sought after Chardonnay and sparkling wine.

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Australia Features 

Remembering Taras

October 16, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 11191 Views

This week the wine world lost one of its shining lights. Taras Ochota, of Adelaide Hills’ Ochota Barrels, passed through

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Yalumba The Caley: a mini-vertical of their top ‘Super Claret’

October 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6746 Views

It is a little-known fact that in the 19th century, the Bordelais used to blend in some Syrah from Hermitage

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Dr. Edge Pinot Noir 2017, Tasmania

September 30, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 4793 Views

Dr. Edge is the personal wine project of Peter Dredge, the head winemaker of Meadowbank. This is a blend of

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Grange and friends: the Penfolds Collection 2020 releases

September 18, 2020August 4, 2022 jamiegoode 9531 Views

Penfolds is Australia’s most famous winery. Their flagship wine, Grange, has achieved legendary status. And this was a brand that

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With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
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With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett

Twelve wines, selected by their maker, four from Zorzal and four from Riccitelli, Undurraga and The Garage Wines Company, were

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
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Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 jamiegoode
The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre
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The 2025 wines from Pascal Jolivet in Sancerre

October 22, 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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