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Australia Features 

Grange and friends: the Penfolds Collection 2020 releases

September 18, 2020August 4, 2022 jamiegoode 7869 Views

Penfolds is Australia’s most famous winery. Their flagship wine, Grange, has achieved legendary status. And this was a brand that

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Latest Profiles Spain 

Vinos Oceánicos: unfortified wines from Sherry country, made in clay

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7123 Views Jerez

Raúl Moreno is the dude behind this new venture (first harvest 2017) in Sherry country: Vino Oceánicos. He works with

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Features Germany Regions 

Some top Chardonnays from Baden, Germany

September 15, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 6877 Views Chardonnay

Baden is a long, thin wine region, and is Germany’s most southerly, located on its western border with France. Hop

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Hook Winery McCall Vineyard Merlot 2016 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

September 14, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 4923 Views Long Island

The Red Hook Winery is an urban winery in Brooklyn, New York. I visited back in August 2018, and was

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Features South Africa 

The 2020 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Wines

September 12, 2020 jamiegoode 7311 Views

This year is a bit of a change for the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction. It is going to be held

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Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Quinta do Ventozelo, Douro, Portugal

September 11, 2020 jamiegoode 7671 Views Douro

Quinta de Ventozelo is one of the Douro’s largest properties. It has a long history, but was until recently supplying

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Features Profiles Regions Spain 

Visiting Vega Sicilia, one of Spain’s most revered wineries

September 10, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 14134 Views Ribera del Duero

Vega Sicilia is one of the world’s iconic wineries, often referred to as Spain’s first growth. So it was great

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2014 Rioja, Spain

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020 jamiegoode 7305 Views Rioja

La Rioja Alta is one of the classic wineries of Rioja. They have three Reserva Wine brands, Alberdi, Arana and

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Spain Videos 

Video: vintage at Vega Sicilia, Spain’s most revered winery

September 7, 2020 jamiegoode 5069 Views Ribera del Duero, Winemaking

Jamie Goode heads to the Ribera del Duero wine region, to visit one of Spain’s most famous wineries: Vega Sicilia.

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: G de Château Guiraud Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2016

September 6, 2020September 18, 2020 jamiegoode 5536 Views

G de Château Guiraud Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2016 France13.5% alcohol. Organic farming, with some limestone in the clay/gravel soils. This

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Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary
Features Latest 

Book review: Kristian Kielmayer, The Natural Wines of Hungary

October 16, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://kristiankielmayer.com/natural-wines-of-hungary/ The natural wine scene is so interesting. It has also caused a lot of griping in the wine

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli
Features Italy Latest 

Concerto, the re-born super Tuscan wine from Fonterutoli

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair
Features Food and wine Greece Latest 

La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 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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