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In Niagara (1) Hidden Bench

June 19, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 4235 Views

Hidden Bench is one of Niagara’s leading boutique wineries. Owner Harald Thiel bought the Locust Lane vineyard, where the winery

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Canada Features Profiles 

New releases from Okanagan Crush Pad – one of Canada’s most interesting wineries

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6988 Views okanagan

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste the new wines from Haywire/Okanagan Crush Pad Canada is an interesting place for wine

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Canada Features Profiles 

Lightfoot & Wolfville: exciting wines from Nova Scotia, Canada

February 7, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5982 Views Nova Scotia

Lightfoot & Wolfville have, in a short time, established themselves as one of Nova Scotia’s – and also Canada’s –

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Canada 

Remembering Paul Pender, one of Canada’s leading winemakers

February 4, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 11980 Views

I remember when I first met Paul Pender. I was on my first visit to Canada, back in June 2013.

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Canada 

Thomas Bachelder is taking Gamay to the next level in Canada’s Niagara region

February 1, 2022June 29, 2024 jamiegoode 5583 Views Gamay, Niagara

‘Niagara is on a learning curve,’ says Thomas Bachelder about Gamay. Thomas is one of the most respected winemakers in

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Canada Features Profiles 

Tantalus: one of the star wineries from the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada

October 28, 2021November 7, 2021 jamiegoode 8368 Views okanagan

Tantalus is based in Kelowna, looking down onto the lake. Eric Savics, a stockbroker, bought the property in 2003, which

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Iconic Wineries of British Columbia: tasting some of the Okanagan’s top wines

October 7, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 11274 Views okanagan

Anthony Von Mandl’s empire of high-end BC wineries continues to grow and evolve. Jamie Goode tastes through some of their

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Canada Features 

Canada’s Exciting Western Edge: The Wine Islands

October 6, 2021October 21, 2021 Treve Ring 13636 Views british columbia, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Wine Islands

Though the Wine Islands are tiny in comparison to the mighty Okanagan Valley, they’re now a hotspot of wine for

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Canada Profiles 

Thirty Bench Wine Makers, Niagara, Canada

September 3, 2020 jamiegoode 5734 Views Niagara

Website: https://www.thirtybench.com/ Thirty Bench is part of the extensive Peller portfolio, but although it’s owned by a relatively large company,

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Canada Profiles 

Domaine du Nival, a leading winery from Quebec, Canada

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 jamiegoode 6709 Views

Nival is one of the stars of the Quebec wine scene, based in St-Louis, southern Quebec. They have 6 hectares

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Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
Features France Latest 

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 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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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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