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Hermit Ram: stunning natural wines from North Canterbury

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Since 2012 Theo Coles has been making natural wines from interesting sites in North Canterbury on the South Island of

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The Gimblett Gravels 2017 reds selection

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2017 was a tricky vintage in the Hawke’s Bay wine region. How did the red wines from the famed Gimblett

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Smith & Sheth, tilting at NZ’s top

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The new project from Steve Smith and Brian Sheth looks to add stardust to New Zealand’s fine wine dimension Steve

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Air New Zealand and New Zealand Wine Growers collaborate to put on a special wine flight over five of New

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Prophets Rock, one of Central Otago’s top producers

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Prophet’s Rock is emerging as one of the star wineries of Central Otago. Widely travelled winemaker Paul Pujol is making

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Invincible, a new Douro star winery from Marc Kent and Rita Marques
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Invincible, a new Douro star winery from Marc Kent and Rita Marques

April 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://invincible.com.pt/ This is the Douro project of Marc Kent and Rita Marques. Marc is well known as the founder

Brindiwell, a new producer in Devon, England
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Brindiwell, a new producer in Devon, England

April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Video: how sparkling wine is made – the final stage, disgorging by hand
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Video: how sparkling wine is made – the final stage, disgorging by hand

April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 jamiegoode
Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne
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Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne

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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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