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Ontario Sparkling Wine: tasting 29 different wines from Niagara and Prince Edward County, Canada

July 31, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 8205 Views Sparkling wine

Canada’s Ontario wine regions have quite a talent for sparkling wine, and this is becoming quite an important category. Here

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In Niagara (5) Flat Rock Cellars

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6964 Views Niagara

Website: Flat Rock Cellars Flat Rock dates back to the late 1990s, and the vineyard was planted in 2001 and

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The School of Cool 2022: exploring Chardonnay at an international conference in Canada’s Niagara region, with Andrew Jefford and The Great Chardo Swap

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 jamiegoode 5208 Views Chardonnay

The School of Cool, the Friday seminar of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C), held each year in Niagara,

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In Niagara (4) Cloudsley Cellars

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 jamiegoode 5748 Views

Website: https://cloudsleycellars.com/ Adam Lowy worked for premium Toronto-based importer Lifford Wines for a couple of decades before setting out on

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In Niagara (3) Leaning Post

July 1, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6274 Views Niagara

Website: Leaning Post I had an evening free while I was judging the National Wine Awards of Canada, so with

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In Niagara (2) Tawse and Redstone

June 22, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6249 Views

Stop two on the Niagara journey was at Redstone winery in Beamsville, to taste their wines but also those of

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In Niagara (1) Hidden Bench

June 19, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 4857 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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New releases from Okanagan Crush Pad – one of Canada’s most interesting wineries

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 jamiegoode 7476 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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Lightfoot & Wolfville: exciting wines from Nova Scotia, Canada

February 7, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 6705 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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Remembering Paul Pender, one of Canada’s leading winemakers

February 4, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 12666 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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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)
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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.winnicamoderna.pl/ Winnica Moderna is based in Poland’s Lower Silesian region, which is one of the warmest parts of the

A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
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A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Rheingau riesling tasting
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Rheingau Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 8, 2026September 8, 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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