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Yarra Valley (10) Bobar

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 921 Views Yarra Valley

Sally and Tom Belford met at wine school, and in 2010 began making wine together in the Yarra Valley. I

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Yarra Valley (9) Rob Dolan Wines

December 14, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 942 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.robdolanwines.com.au/ Rob Dolan has been in the Yarra since 1991. He first came here when he was employed as

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Transmission: an exciting new wine project in Portugal’s Bairrada wine region

December 14, 2025January 19, 2026 jamiegoode 6473 Views Bairrada

Transmission is an exciting new wine project from Bairrada. It’s a partnership between three people, and was begun as a

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Highlights: The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 jamiegoode 893 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.weyborne.com/ The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England12% alcohol. This is an early release from 2022, and

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Saison Wines, an exciting new UK importer of organic French wine

December 12, 2025 jamiegoode 2131 Views

Website: https://saisonwines.carrd.co/ Daphne Teremetz was previously a wine buyer at Waitrose where she worked for 8 years, before setting out

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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

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Heinrich is one of Austria’s most interesting producers. Based in Burgenland, they successfully negociated a style change in 2014 and

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The impressive wines of Herdade do Rocim and its associated projects, among Portugal’s best

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 jamiegoode 1824 Views Alentejo, Dao

Website: https://rocim.pt/en/ This was a tasting of some of the wines of Herdarde do Rocim and their associated wineries, presented

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Slovenia: Edi Simčič, one of the stars of Brda

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 jamiegoode 2341 Views

The region is Goriška Brda, and I’m here to visit one of the top producers, Edi Simčič. This was my

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Slovenia: Bjana is an exciting sparkling wine project in Brda

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1111 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://bjana.si/ Based in Brda, Slovenia, on the border with Italy, Bjana is a very exciting sparkling wine project. It’s

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Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1201 Views Douro, Natural wine, Vinho Verde

Website: https://www.galactic.wine/ Miguel Viseu is the winemaker at low-intervention wine producer Aphros in Vinho Verde, but he also has his

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
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Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
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Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

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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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