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Highlights: Sugrue Never Mind The Gamay Here’s The Pinot Meunier 2025 England

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 jamiegoode 350 Views

Website: https://www.sugruesouthdowns.com/products/never-mind-the-gamay-2025 Sugrue Never Mind The Gamay Here’s The Pinot Meunier 2025 England12.5% alcohol. This blends together 97% Pinot Meunier

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Highlights: Sandridge Barton East Field Pinot Noir Early 2025 Devon, England

July 13, 2026 jamiegoode 722 Views Fruhburgunder

Another cracking lighter-style red from the UK! Sandridge Barton East Field Pinot Noir Early 2025 Devon, England11.2% alcohol. 100% Pinot

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Highlights: Flint Vineyard Pinot Noir Precoce 2025 England

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 jamiegoode 571 Views Fruhburgunder, pinot noir

Website: https://flintvineyard.com/products/pinot-noir-precoce-2025 So nice to see wines like this coming from the UK. I love what Flint, who are based

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A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell

July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 577 Views Pet Nat

Westwell are nailing Pet Nat. Everyone makes one, and sometimes they are accidentally good. But to do it well consistently

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Highlights: Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvée NV Edition II

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 jamiegoode 1019 Views Sparkling wine

It’s the second release of this high-profile English sparkling wine, a collaboration between Champagne Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield. You can

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Highlights: Two from Merstone wines in Bedfordshire, UK

May 23, 2026 jamiegoode 584 Views

Merstone Wines Hungerhill Vineyard Chardonnay Voltis 2024 Bedfordhshire, England11% alcohol. Hand picked in October, then fermented and aged in Burgundy

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Highlights: Nyetimber Rosé NV England

May 22, 2026 jamiegoode 876 Views

This is the latest from English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber. They now have 11 vineyards (totalling 425 hectares) in West

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Highlights: two from low intervention English producer Matt Gregory

May 13, 2026 jamiegoode 782 Views

Website: https://mattgregorywines.co.uk/ Matt Gregory makes wines from a single 3 hectare vineyard in Leicestershire (UK), a county not normally associated

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Brindiwell, a new producer in Devon, England

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 jamiegoode 1016 Views

Website: https://www.brindiwell.co.uk/pages/about-us I first met James Matyear when he was managing the vineyard at Black Chalk. But with his wife

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Highlights: two from Gutter & Stars, an urban winery in Cambridge, UK

April 7, 2026 jamiegoode 886 Views

I’ve written here about Gutter & Stars, a lovely small-scale urban winery in the base of a Cambridge windmill. This

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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.minimalistwines.com/ I popped into Flint Wines to meet a South African winemaker that everyone is talking about. Sam Lambson

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
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Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 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.

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