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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France

December 22, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 5056 Views

Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well

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Champagne Features 

Champagne: the state of the industry, plus 12 memorable bottles from 2021

December 21, 2021January 9, 2022 Treve Ring 10448 Views

The good news is we will not run out of champagne. The worrisome news is that it may be harder

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England Features Regions 

The Crouch Valley, Essex: a leading region for English still wines

December 20, 2021July 23, 2024 jamiegoode 16236 Views

The Crouch Valley in Essex is turning out to be a hotspot for still English wines. The reason? It is

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Video: The Crouch Valley in Essex is emerging as a leading English wine region

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 jamiegoode 7064 Views

There is a lot of excitement about the Crouch Valley in Essex, which is emerging as a top wine growing

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Lokaia, an exciting new project from Franschhoek, South Africa

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 8219 Views Franschhoek

Lokaia is a joint project from Franschhoek vignerons Clayton Reabow (winemaker at Moreson) and Craig McNaught (winemaker at Stony Brook).

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino 2019 Toscana, Italy

December 18, 2021January 9, 2022 jamiegoode 6292 Views Sangiovese, Tuscany

Banfi are the biggest players by far in Tuscany’s Montalcino region, with 950 hectares under vine. But this isn’t an

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Bairrada, perhaps Portugal’s best terroir? In seven wines

December 17, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 10560 Views

Bairrada is a wine region in northern Portugal that is attracting a lot of attention at the moment. It has

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Chile Features Profiles Regions 

No es Pituko, an exciting range of natural wines from Chile

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 jamiegoode 19220 Views Natural wine

No es Pituko translates as ‘it ain’t fancy’, and this is a series of natural, no-added-sulfite wines from Viño Echeverria.

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Domaine Chanson, Bourgogne: impressive 2020 releases

December 14, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 11701 Views

Domaine Chanson has a sizeable 43 hectares of vines in Bourgogne, and also operates as a negociant. This was a

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California Highlights Latest 

Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 5817 Views

https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.

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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut
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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 jamiegoode

Château Nadal Hainaut, an organic wine producer in the Roussillon making some nice wines. This visit was with Pauline Nadal,

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
Features Latest Portugal 

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily
Features Italy Latest 

Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 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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