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Highlights: Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs Brut 2018 Sussex, England

September 16, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4152 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://rathfinnyestate.com/ Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs Brut 2018 Sussex, England12% alcohol. Base wine fermented in stainless steel with full malolactic

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England Latest Regions 

The UK wine industry: how’s it going?

September 6, 2022 jamiegoode 11957 Views

Today, Wine GB, the official body for wine production in the UK, have released their annual report. It’s a snapshot

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England Features Latest Regions 

The wines of Langham, one of the UK’s most exciting producers

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 jamiegoode 5786 Views Sparkling wine

Website: www.langhamwine.co.uk Dorset – a county in the South of England – is not the most famous location for sparkling

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Who is Charlie Herring? The story behind the remarkable wines and ciders of Tim Phillips

August 16, 2022August 17, 2022 Lisse Garnett 12972 Views

By Lisse Garnett and Jamie Goode Website: http://www.charlieherring.com/ We first met the son of the man that birthed Charlie at

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Highlights: Harrow & Hope Blanc de Blancs 2017 England

August 4, 2022August 6, 2022 jamiegoode 3954 Views Sparkling wine

Website: Harrow & Hope Harrow & Hope Blanc de Blancs 2017 England12% alcohol. This is from chalk and flint soils

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Highlights: Westwell Wicken Foy NV England

July 16, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4830 Views Sparkling wine

This is a new traditional method sparkling wine from innovative low-intervention winegrower Westwell, based in Kent, England Westwell Wicken Foy

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England Features 

Domaine Hugo and Offbeat Wines: naturally made in a Wiltshire winery, these are some of the UK’s most compelling wines

July 12, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7747 Views Natural wine

Jamie Goode and Lisse Garnett meet two exceptional producers who together make some of the best wines on offer in

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England Features Profiles 

Black Chalk: visiting one of the UK’s leading sparkling wineries

June 23, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7515 Views

Chance delivered both opportunity and killer blows to Black Chalk in quick succession – it was to prove the making

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England Features 

Boom times for English wine: latest figures from WineGB

June 17, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4597 Views

OK stats geeks, here are the latest figures from WineGB, showing the extent of growth of the UK wine production

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Highlights: two from Digby Fine English

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 jamiegoode 4346 Views

Digby Fine English is tilting at the top. This is a negociant house (although they’ve recently bought the 4 hectare

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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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