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Highlights: Louis M Martini Monte Rosso Vineyard Gnarly Vine Zinfandel 2018 Sonoma, California

May 16, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1596 Views Sonoma, Zinfandel

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established L.M.

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Highlights: Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California

May 9, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 3170 Views Chardonnay

Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California13.5% alcohol. This is fine, restrained and pure on the nose with focused

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California Features 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 4637 Views pinot noir

Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery

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Visiting Abe Schoener and the Los Angeles River Wine Co, an urban winery in Los Angeles

May 1, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 3235 Views urban winery

Website: https://scholium.securecheckout.com/ In August 2019 I visited Abe Schoener right at the beginning of the Los Angeles River Wine Company.

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Highlights: Quintessa 2021 Napa, California

April 9, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1430 Views Napa

Website: https://www.quintessa.com/ Quintessa make just one red each year from its 135 acres of vines in Rutherford. There’s no second

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Paso Robles: a Californian wine region on the up

March 16, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4340 Views Paso Robles

The basis of this article is a seminar presented last week in London by Christopher Taranto, who is director of

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Fifty years of Lytton Springs, the famous Zinfandel-based wine from star California producer Ridge

March 12, 2025 jamiegoode 2868 Views

Website: https://www.ridgewine.com/ The current release of Lytton Springs, the 2022, celebrates 50 years since this single-vineyard wine was first launched

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California Features 

California exploration: Kutch, visiting their new home and tasting the 2023 new releases

February 27, 2025March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 3965 Views Sonoma

I’ve written extensively about the wines of Jamie Kutch before, so it was great to be able to visit him

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Visiting Mayacamas, who are making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mt. Veeder

January 11, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 8263 Views Napa

Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas, which is translated as call of the mountain lion, is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making

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Favia: Andy and Annie’s boutique Napa wine operation has taken a step forward with the purchase of a significant Oakville vineyard site, and the 2021s impress

December 28, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3114 Views Napa

Website: https://www.faviawines.com/ Annie and Andy Erickson founded Favia in 2003. I caught up with them at a dinner in the

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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 jamiegoode

In March 2026 a group of experienced wine judges from around the world gathered in Macau, China, to judge the

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
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Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
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Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

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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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