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Features Rhone 

50 years of Gigondas

April 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5342 Views

www.gigondas-vin.com Gigondas celebrated its 50th year as an appellation with dinner at La Mirande, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Avignon. We

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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: A País Pair from southern Chile’s Carter Mollenhauer

April 4, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 5355 Views Itata, Old vines, País

Karine and her husband, Edgar Mollenhauer run their family winery in the Maule, making a few small-production wines from indigenous

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Hungary Regions 

Exploring Hungarian wine: the Hungarian Wine Summit 2022

April 2, 2022May 15, 2022 Lisse Garnett 11643 Views

Eger’s winemakers have rebranded Bulls Blood as Bikavér and are also making salty mineral volcanic whites of distinction. In Tokaj

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Regions Romania 

Visiting Domeniul Bogdan, Romania’s first biodynamic winery

April 1, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5683 Views

Website: https://domeniulbogdan.ro/en/ Bogdan is began a decade ago in 2011, and is based in the Murtafala region of Romania. The

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Spain 

Modern, finessed Rioja: the exciting wines of Gómez Cruzado

March 31, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 7198 Views Rioja

The history of Bodegas Y Viñedos de Gómez Cruzado goes back to 1886, when Ángel Gómez de Arteche, a relative

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Features Italy 

The wines of Piero Busso, Barbaresco

March 30, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 8301 Views piedmont

I tasted through this range with Pierguido Busso, son of the current owner Piero Busso, and grandson of the founder,

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Canada Features Profiles 

New releases from Okanagan Crush Pad – one of Canada’s most interesting wineries

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 jamiegoode 7552 Views okanagan

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste the new wines from Haywire/Okanagan Crush Pad Canada is an interesting place for wine

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Natte Valleij P.O.W. 2017, WO Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa

March 25, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 4558 Views

Natte Valleij’s old cape Dutch buildings have seen a lot of history, including housing a prisoner of war who was

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Features Japan 

Gunma Craft Sake: tasting a range of sakes from six breweries from the Gunma prefecture

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 jamiegoode 6621 Views sake

Gunma is a land-locked prefecture located almost at the centre of the country. It has a reputation for its natural

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Features Regions Spain 

Lustau celebrates 125 years with a trio of exceptional Sherries

March 24, 2022 jamiegoode 5116 Views Jerez, sherry

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, reknowned Sherry house Lustau have released three special Sherries: three cities and three types of

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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.jimbarry.com/news/loosenbarry-unique-collaboration-meeting-minds-shared-obsession Loosen Barry is a fun (and quite serious) joint Riesling project, and I did a deep dive into

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
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Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 8, 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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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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