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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Jean-Luc Jamet Valine 2018 Collines-Rhodaniennes, France

October 28, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 9093 Views syrah

The Jamet story is not a straightforward one. Brothers Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul worked together for many years at Domaine Jamet,

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Japan Profiles 

In Nagano, Japan: Inishienosato Budoshu

October 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5791 Views Nagano

Next stop was the Inishienosato Budoshu winery in Shiojiri City. The rules here allow small wineries of 2000 litres. Normally

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Joseph Drouhin Chorey-Les-Beaune 2017 Bourgogne, France

October 26, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6705 Views pinot noir

This is a small appellation around the tiny village of Chorey, at the foot of the hill of Corton, with

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California 

Three from Merry Edwards

October 24, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5263 Views

Merry Edwards began her winemaking career in the 1970s at Mount Eden Estate, and has also worked at Matanzas Creek.

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Jean-Louis Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 2018 Bourgogne

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7909 Views Chardonnay

At 17 hectares, Les Folatières is the bigges premier cru in Puligny, and enjoys a priveliged mid-slope, east-facing position just

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Highlights: Domaine Metrat Fleurie La Roilette 2018 Beaujolais, France

October 22, 2020October 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6091 Views Gamay

How I love Gamay, and how exciting it is to see the Beaujolais wine region progressing and developing in such

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Spain Videos 

Video: blending the 2019 vintage of Sal da Terra Albariño, a collab wine

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5984 Views

Jamie Goode, Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw blend the second vintage of Sal da Terra, with winemaker Eulogio Pomares joining

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Burgundy Jura 

The Berry Bros & Rudd Autumn Sale, with some notes on featured wines

October 19, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6585 Views

Today sees the launch of the Berry Bros & Rudd Autumn sale, with some pretty generous discounts going on a

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Champagne 

Veuve Cliquot La Grande Dame 2012

October 18, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9448 Views

This is the latest release of Veuve Clicquot’s icon cuvée, La Grande Dame. The bottle pictured is the limited edition

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Australia Features 

Remembering Taras

October 16, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 10890 Views

This week the wine world lost one of its shining lights. Taras Ochota, of Adelaide Hills’ Ochota Barrels, passed through

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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
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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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