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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode 433 Views

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

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New Zealand is making some of the world’s best Pinot Noir, and this is my roll-call of the best

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 jamiegoode 4072 Views pinot noir

Back in February I attended Pinot Noir 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was quite a special event. One of

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Prospects for disease-resistant varieties in Marlborough and elsewhere: will we soon see Cloudy Bay Sauvignon made from a PIWI?

July 28, 2025August 27, 2025 jamiegoode 3175 Views

Jim White from Cloudy Bay presented at the 2025 Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference on the topic of disease-resistant grape

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Highlights: Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2022 Martinborough, New Zealand

June 19, 2025 jamiegoode 1204 Views Martinborough, pinot noir

Website: https://atarangi.co.nz/ Ata Rangi are one of New Zealand’s top producers, and were one of the pioneers of the Martinborough

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A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1444 Views Riesling

These four samples were at hand, so I did a taste and compare. Riesling is such a singular variety. I

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2022 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 14985 Views hawkes bay

The Gimblett Gravels is a special sub-region in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. As the name suggests, the

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New Zealand Pinot Gris – a mini-study with Rockburn, Isabel, Ata Rangi and Greywacke

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 jamiegoode 1615 Views pinot gris

These are four interesting, and contrasting examples of Kiwi Pinot Gris. It’s one of those grapes that professionals don’t seem

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Nautilus, a deep dive into this Marlborough producer with winemaker Clive Jones

April 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1131 Views Marlborough

A few years back I spent a lot of time in Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region. Most people are

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New Zealand adventure day 8, Rippon

February 17, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1585 Views Central Otago

My last visit in Central Otago was with Nick and Jo Mills at Rippon. This is a stunning property on

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New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025 jamiegoode 3512 Views Central Otago

Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an

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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
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Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode

It costs money to make wine. Quite a bit of it, if it’s done well. The chief problem is this:

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
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Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
A quick guide to New Zealand wine
Features Latest New to wine New Zealand Regions 

A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 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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