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Highlights: two pinks from English producer Chapel Down

August 11, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 3573 Views

Chapel Down are one of the UK’s largest wineries, sourcing grapes from all over the south of England. These two

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England Profiles 

The wines of Hidden Spring, Sussex, England

August 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6421 Views

Website: https://www.hiddenspring.co.uk/ In 2014 Dr David McNally and Chris Phipps bought a 23 acre campsite in Horam, East Sussex, and

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Interview: Dr Greg Dunn, head of the wine division, Plumpton College

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 jamiegoode 10604 Views

With the expansion of the UK’s wine industry, Plumpton College in Sussex has emerged as an internationally relevant centre for

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Fizzy Bum Bum Pet Nat 2019 Cornwall, England

May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7546 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Few will get to try this micro-production wine, but I wanted to include it here, because it shows how good

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Nyetimber plants another 40 hectares

May 18, 2020June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8399 Views

It’s amazing to see how far English sparkling wine has come in a very short time. It was only last

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England Features Profiles 

Rathfinny, one of England’s top sparkling wine producers

May 16, 2020 jamiegoode 10087 Views Sparkling wine

It has been 10 years since Mark and Sarah Driver first bought the land that is now Rathfinny Estate, one

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England Videos 

Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5346 Views Chardonnay

The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

April 15, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5827 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive sparkling wine from England. The vineyard is 6.5 hectares planted in 2006, on chalk soils of the

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6862 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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England Profiles 

Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 8800 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Celebrating 25 years of star Canadian winery Tawse, with Celebrating 25 years of Tawse with two pairs of wines, one current, one archive

June 13, 2026 jamiegoode

Tawse, one of Canada’s top wineries, is 25. And last night, on my arrival into Niagara in advance of justing

Revela, where Mariana Salvador is making some exciting wines in Portugal’s Dão region
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Revela, where Mariana Salvador is making some exciting wines in Portugal’s Dão region

June 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (6) Nk’Mip

June 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (5) Quails’ Gate

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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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