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New releases from BK Wines, a star producer in the Adelaide Hills

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 jamiegoode 3975 Views Adelaide Hills

Website: https://bkwines.com.au/ Brendon and Kirstyn Keys are the B and K in BK Wines, and they are based in the

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Old Vines, Classic Wines: a brief study of Australian wine

August 30, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4137 Views

These wines were served at a Wine Australia lunch at the Texsom conference in Dallas, August 2023. It’s a really

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Penfolds Collection 2023, including the new 2019 Grange

July 19, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5410 Views

Peter Gago was in London to introduce the 2023 Penfolds Collection. This iconic Australian producer has been busy adding wines

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Gant & Co: stylish wines from Margaret River, Western Australia

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 jamiegoode 4653 Views

Matt Gant is an Australian winemaker known for his brand First Drop, which he made for 15 years before selling

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Yalumba: champions of Viognier, tasting five different examples

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 jamiegoode 9766 Views Viognier

Australian winery Yalumba are an interesting wine company. They are big, but not huge. They manage to behave like a

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Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues

January 29, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4021 Views

Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of

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Cabernet Sauvignon
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Celebrating Cabernet Sauvignon: tasting 10 benchmarks from around the wine world blind

November 28, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5654 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Since 1982, Western Australian winery Cape Mentelle has held an International Cabernet Tasting at the winery. Founder David Hohnen began

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Chenin Blanc in Western Australia, an emerging story

November 4, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 5202 Views Chenin Blanc

Two Aussies were at the recent Chenin Blanc Congress in Stellenbosch, as well as 70 growers from Anjuo/Saumur and Vouvray,

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Grenache : a Study

September 8, 2022September 13, 2022 Treve Ring 5611 Views Garnacha, Grenache

(/ɡrəˈnæʃ/) Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the

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Barossa meets Bordeaux with this new Penfolds x Dourthe collaboration wine, Penfolds II

July 27, 2022August 4, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7472 Views

Take Bordeaux master blenders, Dourthe, add 175 years of Australian patience, grit, ambition and skill – mix in that infamous

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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ I’m just on my way back from the Struma Valley in southern Bulgaria, where I was attending the

Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 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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