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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Fractal Sequence 001 NV England

October 29, 2023 jamiegoode 5418 Views

This is an interesting project. It’s a collaboration between William Lowe (who is a master of wine) and Nick Lane

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Bulgaria Features Latest 

Wines from the Thracian Lowlands of Bulgaria: a study

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 jamiegoode 7459 Views

Back in the 1980s Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon was a supermarket and off-licence staple. Bulgaria’s Soviet-era wine factories were turning out

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Canada Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Three from the Naramata Bench, Okanagan, Canada

October 25, 2023November 2, 2023 jamiegoode 4637 Views

Website: https://naramatabench.com/ The Okanagan Valley in Canada’s British Colombia is an important wine region. Five hours drive from Vancouver, up

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Argentina Features 

Argentina goes super-premium: the wines of Bemberg Estate with Daniel Pi

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 6940 Views

Website:  https://www.bembergestatewines.com/eng/home Over recent decades Argentine wine has become well established, and extremely popular. At the more commercial level, Malbec

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England Features Latest 

New releases from Flint Vineyard, East Anglia

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 7019 Views

I’ve written about impressive East Anglian winery Flint Vineyard before here and here. They are doing some interesting things. I

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Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (2) Domaine Bernard Fleuriet, Sancerre

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 jamiegoode 7397 Views Sancerre

Website: https://www.fleuriet-sancerre.com/ Bernard Fleuriet is one of Sancerre’s most interesting producers in the region, and we met with Matthieu Fleuriet

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Chile Regions Videos 

Video: visiting the historically important Itata region of Chile, which is undergoing a quiet revival

October 17, 2023October 19, 2023 jamiegoode 5926 Views Itata

Jamie Goode heads down south in Chile to the Itata wine region, which was historically very important and which is

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cirotte sancerre
Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (1) Domaine La Croix St-Laurent with Fabien Cirotte

October 14, 2023October 14, 2023 jamiegoode 4329 Views Sancerre

The Domaine La Croix St-Laurent is run by Joël et Sylvie Cirotte and their son Fabien (pictured above), so you

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curetage in action
Latest Loire Wine Science 

Curetage: vine surgery for Esca in action, with François Dal

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 jamiegoode 7026 Views

Curetage (also referred to as curettage) is the name for a special sort of vine surgery that was invented in

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Champagne Bruno Paillard launch the new Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru, with Alice Paillard

October 12, 2023 jamiegoode 5931 Views

Website: https://champagnebrunopaillard.com/en/ Bruno Paillard, who famously set up his own Champagne house in 1981, is a force of nature. But

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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut
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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 jamiegoode

Château Nadal Hainaut, an organic wine producer in the Roussillon making some nice wines. This visit was with Pauline Nadal,

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
Features Latest Portugal 

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily
Features Italy Latest 

Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 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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