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Features New Zealand 

Pyramid Valley: tasting the 2020 Botanical Collection wines from this special New Zealand producer

September 16, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3389 Views Chardonnay, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Website: https://www.pyramidvalley.co.nz/ ‘It’s a big moment in time for us at Pyramid Valley,’ said Steve Smith, introducing this tasting of

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Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay: a top 12 from the 2022 vintage in this important New Zealand wine region

August 7, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4457 Views Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay

These Chardonnays were selected by Cameron Douglas, MS, as the Hawke’s Bay Annual Chardonnay Collection Vintage 2022. 42 wines submitted,

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Features New Zealand 

Clos Henri: one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers revamps its range

May 21, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5381 Views

Website: www.closhenri.com Of all the wineries in Marlborough, one of the most interesting is Clos Henri, which is owned by

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Prophet’s Rock Home Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 Central Otago, New Zealand

March 26, 2024 jamiegoode 5988 Views pinot noir

Website: https://www.prophetsrock.co.nz/ Prophet’s Rock Home Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 Central Otago, New Zealand13.5% alcohol. Since 2005, Paul Pujol has been

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Zephyr: Marlborough gets interesting in the hands of Ben Glover

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 jamiegoode 6834 Views Marlborough

Website: https://zephyrwine.com/about.htm Ben Glover made his reputation as a winemaker working for Brent Marris at Wither Hills, and later Mud

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Highlights: The Hermit Ram Salty White 2022

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 jamiegoode 5760 Views North Canterbury

This is a blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling from organic vineyards in North Canterbury. They are fermented

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Features New Zealand Regions 

The Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay collection 2021 vintage: some of New Zealand’s best Chardonnays

December 26, 2023July 21, 2026 jamiegoode 4913 Views Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay

Hawke’s Bay has a had a good run of recent vintages, despite the awful floods that hit in February 2023,

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Features New Zealand 

Spoke: a new range of boutique wines from New Zealand’s Marlborough region

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7699 Views Marlborough

Website: https://vineyard-productions.com/wine/spoke/ Marlborough is home to some big wineries. By my reckoning there are five that each process more than

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Features New Zealand 

Marlborough at 50: Tohu, the first Māori-owned and operated winery in New Zealand

June 16, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 7508 Views Marlborough

Website: https://www.tohuwines.co.nz/ Over recent years, the New Zealand wine industry address some of the historical imbalances that saw Māori culture

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New Zealand Profiles 

Akitu: top Pinot Noirs from Wanaka, Central Otago

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 jamiegoode 13490 Views Central Otago, pinot noir

Website: https://akitu.wine/ (with notes added on the latest releases, April 2023) Central Otago isn’t just a single region. It’s composed

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Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode

For the 2026 edition of Simplesmente Vinho the guest region was Galiza (Galicia) in Spain, and there were nine visiting

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode
All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
Features Latest 

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 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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