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Features Latest New Zealand 

Marlborough at 50: the remarkable Yealands story

February 16, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 7821 Views

‘Think boldly, tread lightly, and never say it can’t be done:’ that’s the official motto Peter Yealands chose for the

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Marlborough at 50: Te Whare Ra, the region’s first boutique winery

February 14, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 6780 Views Marlborough

Website: https://www.twrwines.co.nz/ Te Whare Ra are one of the most interesting producers in Marlborough. When the vineyard was originally planted

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Marlborough wine region at 50: interviewing Jamie Marfell of Brancott and Stoneleigh

February 6, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 6319 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

After many years as chief winemaker for Stoneleigh, Jamie Marfell is now Group Winemaker for Pernod Ricard New Zealand, which

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 jamiegoode 4030 Views pinot noir

I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: two from 2022 in Marlborough, Cloudy Bay and Yealands

November 13, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3878 Views

It’s compare and contrast from two Sauvignon Blancs from Marlborough – new releases from the 2022 vintage. One priced at

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Felton Road: current releases and a retrospective, celebrating 25 years of this important Central Otago producer

October 30, 2022November 4, 2022 jamiegoode 6536 Views

It’s easy to forget how recent Central Otago’s progress as a world famous wine region is. When the first blocks

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Highlights Latest New Zealand Regions 

Highlights: three from Folding Hill in Central Otago, NZ

October 29, 2022 jamiegoode 4048 Views Central Otago

Website: http://www.foldinghill.co.nz/ I’ve been following Folding Hill, which is based in the Bendigo region of Central Otago, since I first

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Kindeli Luna Nueva White Blend 2020 Nelson, New Zealand

September 25, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 3968 Views

Alex Craighead is a breath of fresh air in the New Zealand wine scene, working naturally and taking a few

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: two lovely Kiwi Pinot Noirs from Fromm and Neudorf

September 7, 2022September 13, 2022 jamiegoode 3420 Views pinot noir

Here are two New Zealand Pinot Noirs that offered a lot of pleasure opened a couple of years after release.

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Two from Sam Harrop: Chardonnay from Waiheke and Syrah from Hawke’s Bay

June 10, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5394 Views

Sam Harrop is an accomplished winemaker who consults widely around the wine world. He spent a number of years in

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Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever
England Features Latest 

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

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

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

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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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