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Highlights: two from RAW Wine – Gut Oggau and La Pièce

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 jamiegoode 5003 Views Burgenland, cahors, Natural wine

Raw Wine is known for its natural wine fairs, which started off in London back in 2012 but have since

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Clos Lapeyre Jurançon Sec 2019 France

August 20, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5765 Views jurancon

This is a beauty, from the fabulous Jurançon region in southwest France. Lots of flavour, but it all pulls together.

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Features France 

Chablis mini-study: six interesting wines

July 21, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5964 Views Chablis

I tasted these wines in preparation for a seminar. Some real stars here. Le Domaine d’Henri Heritage Chablis 1er Cru

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Features France TOP STORIES 

A remarkable Mondeuse from the hero of this Savoie variety

July 10, 2021 jamiegoode 9679 Views mondeuse, Savoie

Michel Grisard Domaine Prieuré Saint Christophe M……14  Vin de FranceMichel Grisard worked on his family farm until 1982, when he

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Les Vignes de Paradis Savagnin 2019 IGP Vin des Allobroges, Savoie, France

May 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6888 Views Savoie

Dominique Lucas comes from Burgundy, and a winemaking family, but chose to set up in the Haut-Savoie, on the border

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Hauvette Dolia 2013 IGP Alpilles, Provence, France

May 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6339 Views Natural wine, Provence

Dominique Hauvette had a day job as a lawyer, but wine came calling in the mid-1980s and she left her

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France Highlights 

Highlights: high-end wines from Calmel & Joseph

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 jamiegoode 5446 Views Languedoc

Calmel & Joseph are an impressive, forward-thinking winery in France’s Languedoc region. They have a large domaine of 160 hectares

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Le Cros Marcillac Lo Sang del Païs

March 5, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 4849 Views Marcillac, southwest france

This is such a characterful wine, and it’s one I’ve been buying for years. It’s still delivering, as this latest

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Clos des Rocs, Mâconnais, Bourgogne, France

March 2, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 7311 Views organic

Located in the south of the Mâconnais, Fuissé’s Saint-Philibert estate belonged to a family of winegrowers for seven generations before

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Features France Profiles 

Gérard Bertrand’s Virtual Organic French Wine Festival

February 28, 2021March 2, 2021 Treve Ring 7686 Views organic

Gérard Bertrand held a virtual Organic French Wine Festival last week, with invited distributors, media, retailers, and sommeliers tasting through a

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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau
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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
Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

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
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 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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