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Ontario Sparkling Wine: tasting 29 different wines from Niagara and Prince Edward County, Canada

July 31, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 8127 Views Sparkling wine

Canada’s Ontario wine regions have quite a talent for sparkling wine, and this is becoming quite an important category. Here

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Exploring Argentina’s diversity and quality, with Paz Levinson

July 31, 2022October 6, 2023 Lisse Garnett 8923 Views

There isn’t enough Argentine wine on our lists says Argentinian Sommelier Paz Levinson. She came to London to show a

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In Niagara (5) Flat Rock Cellars

July 29, 2022 jamiegoode 6857 Views Niagara

Website: Flat Rock Cellars Flat Rock dates back to the late 1990s, and the vineyard was planted in 2001 and

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Bordeaux Features TOP STORIES 

Five first growths from 2005: Latour, Lafite, Mouton, Haut Brion and Margaux

July 27, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 9476 Views

This was a tasting of five 2005 Bordeaux first growths, hosted by Oeneo House in London. Château Mouton Rothschild 2005

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Australia Features France Latest TOP STORIES 

Barossa meets Bordeaux with this new Penfolds x Dourthe collaboration wine, Penfolds II

July 27, 2022August 4, 2022 Lisse Garnett 9206 Views

Take Bordeaux master blenders, Dourthe, add 175 years of Australian patience, grit, ambition and skill – mix in that infamous

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Features Georgia Latest Regions 

Qvevri wines from Georgia: 69 wines tried

July 25, 2022 jamiegoode 18227 Views

This was a great chance to try 69 different qvevri wines from Georgia, white and red. Georgia has become famous

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

The School of Cool 2022: exploring Chardonnay at an international conference in Canada’s Niagara region, with Andrew Jefford and The Great Chardo Swap

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 jamiegoode 5169 Views Chardonnay

The School of Cool, the Friday seminar of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C), held each year in Niagara,

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Alsace Features Profiles 

Rolly Gassmann: singular wines from Alsace

July 20, 2022 jamiegoode 7088 Views

Website: Domaine Rolly Gassmann Rolly Gassmann is one of the most singular producers in Alsace. They are based in Rorschwihr,

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Highlights: Chapoutier Saint-Pierre Cornas 2019 Northern Rhône, France

July 19, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4224 Views cornas, syrah

A real treat to try this new Cornas lieu dit from Chapoutier. It’s brilliant. There’s some sternness and structure, but

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Japan Regions 

In Nagano, Japan: Le Milieu Winery

July 18, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4651 Views Nagano

Go Shioze and Sho Saito are the people behind Le Milieu winery in Nagano. Go had worked at Swiss Mura

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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
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Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.minimalistwines.com/ I popped into Flint Wines to meet a South African winemaker that everyone is talking about. Sam Lambson

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds
Bordeaux Features Latest 

Bordeaux Claret: the new AOC Bordeaux Claret Controllée is an interesting move, broadening the appeal of Bordeaux reds

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Amant

August 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats
Features Latest Rhone 

Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: a big tasting of the reds and the Muscats

August 4, 2026August 4, 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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