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Highlights: Gayda Selection Parcellaire Mourvèdre 2017 Vin de France

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5150 Views Languedoc

Domaine Gayda are an ambitious producer in the Languedoc, established in 2004. They farm organically and produce some impressive wines.

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Highlights: Enfield Wine Co Waterhorse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

June 13, 2020 Treve Ring 6009 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Take everything you know of Cali Cab and throw it away. Then taste this graceful wine. From Sonoma County’s tiny

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In Champagne: Pol Roger

June 12, 2020 jamiegoode 11147 Views

Goode and Ring continue their series on Champagne with a visit to Pol Roger in Épernay. Family-owned Pol Roger is

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Books: Inside Bordeaux, Jane Anson

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 jamiegoode 13520 Views

Inside Bordeaux: the Châteaux, their wines and the terroirJane AnsonBB&R Press, London, 2020 Few wine books can be described as

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Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Sorrenberg Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018

June 10, 2020 Treve Ring 5814 Views

This is serious wine, and should be considered as one of Australia’s top whites. From his biodynamically farmed 2.4ha vineyard

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Megalomaniac, Niagara, Canada – interview and tasting with Sébastien Jacquey

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 jamiegoode 7675 Views Niagara

Sébastien Jacquey is winemaker at Megalomaniac in Canada’s Niagara wine region, but he’s actually a transplant from France. It was

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Savage Wines Thief in the Night 2017

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 Treve Ring 6346 Views

Duncan Savage is well recognized as one of the unofficial/official leaders of the Zoo Cru, a collective of like-minded winemakers

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Interview: Dr Greg Dunn, head of the wine division, Plumpton College

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 jamiegoode 9506 Views

With the expansion of the UK’s wine industry, Plumpton College in Sussex has emerged as an internationally relevant centre for

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Profiles Spain 

Ribera del Duero: Pago De Los Capellanes

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6303 Views

Website: Pago de Los Capellanes One of the top wineries in the region, Pago de Los Capellanes is owned by

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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard 2017 Santa Maria Valley, California

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 jamiegoode 4731 Views Chardonnay

Adam Tolmach began his wine career at Zaca Mesa in Santa Barbara County. Before long he decided to do his

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Alentejo: a study in eight wines, from a region focused on sustainability
Features Latest Portugal 

Alentejo: a study in eight wines, from a region focused on sustainability

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://sustentabilidade.vinhosdoalentejo.pt/en/wines-of-alentejo-sustainability-programme The Alentejo is an important wine region in southern Portugal, with 23 000 hectares of vines, spread over

It Takes a Village: a remarkable collaborative Australian Claret
Australia Features Latest 

It Takes a Village: a remarkable collaborative Australian Claret

October 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Carlos Raposo, World Wild Wines: in search of precision from Dão, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Carlos Raposo, World Wild Wines: in search of precision from Dão, Portugal

October 19, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Jane Masters and Andrew Neather, Rooted in change: the stories behind sustainable wine
Features Latest 

Book review: Jane Masters and Andrew Neather, Rooted in change: the stories behind sustainable wine

October 19, 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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