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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Dr. Edge Pinot Noir 2017, Tasmania

September 30, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 4541 Views

Dr. Edge is the personal wine project of Peter Dredge, the head winemaker of Meadowbank. This is a blend of

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Croatia Features 

Crushing on Croatia: the wines, regions and grape varieties

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 jamiegoode 19170 Views

By Janet Dorozynski Janet Dorozynski is a Canadian-based wine communicator whose day job involves helping Canadian wineries export their wines.

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Features Portugal 

Cortes de Cima Daqui 2019: my first taste of this collaboration wine

September 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5622 Views Alentejo

This is the collaborative wine I was involved with last year. It’s now in bottle and this was my first

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California Features 

The wines of Daou, Paso Robles: tilting at the top with Cabernet

September 26, 2020July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 5438 Views Paso Robles

Brothers George and Daniel Daou come from Lebanon. The first rocket from the civil war in the 1970s landed in

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Highlights Italy 

Highlight: Manuel Pulcini Marròca 2018

September 24, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6426 Views biodynamics

Young winemaker Manuel Pulcini grew up in his family’s vineyards and winery on the outskirts of Rome, which imprinted into

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Lebanon Profiles 

Marsyas and Bargylus: wines from Lebanon and Syria

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 jamiegoode 12737 Views Syria

Sandro and Karim Saadé, brothers, have two vineyards. One is in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon (Marsyas), and the second

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Blackbook ‘Little Wonder’ Cabernet Noir Redhill Farm Estate 2018 Kent, England

September 22, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5552 Views

Cabernet Noir is an interesting grape varieties. It is one of the resistant crosses made by Valentin Blattner in Switzerland,

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Highlights South of France 

Highlights: Domaine du Gros’ Noré 2017 Bandol, France

September 21, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 5703 Views Bandol, Mourvedre

Alain Pascal began this domaine in 1997. I first came across these wines courtesy of La Vigneronne, a wine shop

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England Features Profiles 

Tillingham: visting the winery leading the charge for natural wine in the UK

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 jamiegoode 13435 Views

It’s a sunny day in July, and my first time out of London since lockdown. I’m heading to Tillingham, a

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2008

September 20, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 11432 Views

The long-awaited 2008 version of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, has been released. I drank a bottle of it

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La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
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La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.angiolinomaule.com/en-home Angiolino Maule is a leading figure in the Italian natural wine scene. He and his wife Rosamaria began

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 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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