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Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6068 Views Sicily

Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the

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Australia Features Profiles 

Top McLaren Vale Grenache from Thistledown

September 25, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 5856 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Website: https://www.thistledownwines.com/ McLaren Vale Grenache is a success story at the moment. Many people have discovered that if you make

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2013

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8929 Views

This is the latest release of Moët et Chandon’s Grand Vintage, and it comes from an atypically cool year, where

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Languedoc Videos 

Video: Languedoc wine camp, edition 1, 2021

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 jamiegoode 6475 Views
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Features Languedoc 

Tasting the top Gérard Bertrand wines at the harvest festival

September 23, 2021December 11, 2021 jamiegoode 7580 Views

The centre point of the Harvest Festival 2021 at Gérard Bertrand was a tasting through the high-end estate wines, which

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Harvest in Champagne, September 2021

September 18, 2021March 28, 2022 jamiegoode 7222 Views

I spent yesterday in the vineyards of the north-facing slopes of the Montagne-de-Reims, primarily in Verzenay, but also in Mailly,

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Alsace Regions 

The wines of Mann, Alsace

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7900 Views

Website: www.vins-mann.com Domaine Jean-Louis et Fabienne Mann is based in Eguisheim, 7 kilometers south of Colmar. The family used to

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Features Japan TOP STORIES 

From Champagne to sake, Richard Geoffroy starts a new chapter with IWA sake

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 jamiegoode 11952 Views sake

Website: https://iwa-sake.jp/ Richard Geoffroy was for a long time the face of Dom Pérignon. But after being associated with this

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South Africa Videos 

Tasting some highlights from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6388 Views

Jamie Goode, Greg Sherwood and Lisse Garnett taste some of the wines from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021, which

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Marlborough, New Zealand

September 13, 2021 jamiegoode 7771 Views Sauvignon Blanc

I’ve tried my first wine from 2021! I saw this in Sainsbury’s and was curious, so I bought it and

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The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.radforddale.com/ I have been following the wines of Radford Dale with some interest over the last three years. The

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

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

August 8, 2026 jamiegoode
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

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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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