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Food and wine Spain 

Restaurants: Sabor, London

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 jamiegoode 6187 Views London, Restaurants

Back in the saddle, a post-lockdown restaurant experience. Last Tuesday I lunched at Sabor in Heddon Street, just off lower

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Alheit Vineyards Fire By Night 2018

August 4, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 7191 Views Chenin Blanc, Old Vine Project, swartland

Chris Alheit is one of South Africa’s top winemakers and old vine rescuers, working closely with the Old Vine Project

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England Profiles 

The wines of Hidden Spring, Sussex, England

August 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6456 Views

Website: https://www.hiddenspring.co.uk/ In 2014 Dr David McNally and Chris Phipps bought a 23 acre campsite in Horam, East Sussex, and

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Features Germany 

German champions: the multiple faces of Riesling

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6555 Views Riesling

This was a tasting of six Riesling wines from members of the VDP – a private German winery association founded

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy

August 2, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 8724 Views Tuscany

Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. This is from Gaja’s Tuscan estate in the Maremma, which they bought in

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Latest South of France 

Château Cavalier: rosés from Provence

August 1, 2020 jamiegoode 8217 Views Provence, Rose

Website: https://www.chateau-cavalier.com/en/ This is a property owned by Castel at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the heart

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Burgundy Features Profiles 

Billaud-Simon, one of the top Chablis domaines, now owned by Faiveley

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 jamiegoode 12123 Views Chablis, Chardonnay

I’m a great fan of the wines of Chablis, one of the few monocepage regions focusing on just Chardonnay from

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontennelles 2016 Saumur, Loire

July 30, 2020December 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6826 Views Chenin Blanc, Natural wine

I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a

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Champagne Latest Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7021 Views

This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really

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Burgundy Profiles Regions 

Domaine Guyon, an unsung hero in Bourgogne

July 24, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 13190 Views

Jean-Pierre Guyon isn’t as well known as he should be. I first came across him with Dirk Niepoort, who has

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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?
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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?

July 3, 2026 jamiegoode

This was a seminar at the FLXcursion event that I’ve just come back from. The goal was to explore the

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region
Austria Features Latest 

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region

July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria
Austria Features Latest 

The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell
England Features Latest 

A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell

July 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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