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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2008

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7119 Views

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Elizabeth Salmon Brut Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 76% Grands Crus and 24% Premiers Crus; 55% Pinot

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Hauvette Dolia 2013 IGP Alpilles, Provence, France

May 8, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5828 Views Natural wine, Provence

Dominique Hauvette had a day job as a lawyer, but wine came calling in the mid-1980s and she left her

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Ageing Pinot: four top examples of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage

May 5, 2021 jamiegoode 6211 Views pinot noir

These were wines I tasted as part of a virtual 2021 IPNC masterclass on ageing Pinot Noir. Present were wine

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Albamar Fusco Mencia 2018, Ribeira Sacra, Spain

May 5, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 5686 Views organic

Xurxo Alba’s family has been farming and making Albariño in Rïas Baixas O Salnés region, near the Atlantic Ocean, for

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An Albariño study: four top wines

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 jamiegoode 5785 Views Albarino, rias baixas

I tried these four excellent examples of Albariño with Ben Llewelyn of Carte Blanche, who is their importer. Saras Albariño

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Three Crows Syrah 2019 Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay

May 1, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5845 Views syrah

Hawke’s Bay, in New Zealand, is home to some of New Zealand’s best red wines, including some impressive Syrah. This

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England Highlights Regions 

Sugrue ‘The Trouble With Dreams’ – two versions of the same English sparkling wine

April 29, 2021May 3, 2021 jamiegoode 7983 Views

Dermot Sugrue is one of the most respected sparkling winemakers in the UK. He was winemaker at Nyetimber for a

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Smith Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon
California Highlights 

Highlights: Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Napa Valley

April 29, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5092 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

This is brilliant. Napa is often knocked for its excess: Cabernet Sauvignon wines made from grapes picked too late, spoofed

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Features Germany 

A riesling study: Robert Weil, Georg Breuer, Frank John, Clemens Busch, Ochota Barrels

April 28, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6351 Views

Five Rieslings compared yesterday as part of a blending session with Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw. Such an interesting variety.

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Highlights Washington State 

Highlights: De Lille Cellars Chaleur Blanc 2018 Washington State, USA

April 26, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 3751 Views

DeLille Cellars is one of Washington State’s top wineries. I visited back in 2015 (see my report here). Today I

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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
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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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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