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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Figli Luigi Oddero Barbaresco Rombone 2016 Piedmont, Italy

May 20, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4820 Views Nebbiolo, piedmont

I’m getting into Nebbiolo, and this is a good one. Justerini & Brooks Italian buyer Giles Burk-Gaffney is a big

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Burgundy Profiles 

Visiting Domaine Ninot, Rully, Bourgogne

May 19, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6801 Views

Domaine Ninot is based in Rully, in the Côte Chalonnaise. This is just south of the Côte d’Or, and shares

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Spain TOP STORIES 

Visiting Pintia: Vega Sicilia’s winery in Toro, Spain

May 17, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 8556 Views

In the mid 1990s the Álvarez family, owners of the famous Vega Sicilia winery in Spain’s Ribera del Duero, were

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The wines of David Large, Beaujolais

May 15, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7404 Views Gamay

Website: https://www.davidlarge.fr/ David Large is a young vigneron based in Montmelas, in the southwest of the Beaujolais region. Here his

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Alice et Olivier De Moor Bourgogne Aligote 2019

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6585 Views Aligote

I love Aligote and this is a good one from Chablis-based natural wine heroes De Moor. Alice et Olivier De

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Features Japan Profiles 

In Nagano, Japan: Hayashi Noen (Hayashi Winery, Goichi Wine)

May 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7353 Views Nagano

Website: http://www.goichiwine.co.jp/ It was a bright but chilly early March day when we visited Hayashi Noen (also referred to as

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Highlights Portugal TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Howard’s Folly Casa Manuel Boullosa Carcavelos 1991 Lisboa, Portugal

May 13, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6670 Views

Boutique Alentejo producer Howard’s Folly have just released this Carcavelos, a rare fortified wine from the Lisboa area in Portugal.

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Features Japan Regions 

In Nagano, Japan: Shinano (Sinano) Wines

May 12, 2021May 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7513 Views Nagano

The next visit of my Nagano trip was at Shinano (also referred to as Sinano) Wine, where Satofumi Shiohara (pictured

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Les Vignes de Paradis Savagnin 2019 IGP Vin des Allobroges, Savoie, France

May 10, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6337 Views Savoie

Dominique Lucas comes from Burgundy, and a winemaking family, but chose to set up in the Haut-Savoie, on the border

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The wines of Quinta da Boavista, Douro, Portugal

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 jamiegoode 6783 Views Douro

Website: https://quintadaboavista.com/en/ Boavista is an important Quinta in the Cima Corgo subregion of the Douro. It is best known for

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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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