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Alsace Profiles 

Domaine Ostertag, Alsace

March 15, 2020 jamiegoode 9066 Views

Catching up with the wines of Domaine Ostertag, one of Alsace’s top producers Back in 1998 André Ostertag transitioned his

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Egly Ouriet Grand Cru Bru

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6858 Views grower champagne

Popped into Noble Rot last night with two wine folk from New York’s Finger Lakes wine region for a pre-dinner

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England Latest Profiles 

Westwell: an innovative winery from Kent, UK

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9626 Views

The English wine scene is becoming cooler. And one of the cool kids is Westwell. Adrian Pike left the music

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Profiles Washington State 

Washington State wine: Gramercy Cellars, Walla Walla

March 12, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9129 Views syrah

Greg Harrington has the coveted Master Sommelier (MS) qualification (he got it aged just 26), and in 2005 he started

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Champagne Features Profiles Sparkling wine 

In Champagne: Vilmart et Cie

March 11, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 10988 Views grower champagne

Continuing their journey through Champagne, Ring and Goode visit Laurent Champs at Vilmart, and discover wines of elegance and purity

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Canada Profiles 

Lightning Rock, an impressive new producer from Canada’s Okanagan

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 jamiegoode 8730 Views okanagan

This is a relatively new project from Canada’s Okanagan Valley. Jordan Kubek and Tyler Knight are partners in wine and

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: a duo from star Jura producer Domaine Labet

March 9, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 11590 Views Chardonnay, Jura, Natural wine

The Labet family of Rotalier in the area south of Lons-le-Saunier, known as the Sud Revermont, have been making thoughtful

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Italy Profiles 

Vigneti Tardis, natural wines from Campania, Italy

March 8, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9736 Views Campania, Natural wine

This is a collaborative winery. One of the partners is Jack Lewens of Shoreditch Michelin-starred restaurant Leroy, and the other

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Beeslaar Pinotage 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6647 Views Pinotage

This is one of South Africa’s most highly acclaimed Pinotages. It’s made by Abrie Beeslaar, who’s the cellarmaster at Kanonkop.

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Food and wine Georgia Travel 

In Georgia: the food

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 jamiegoode 8305 Views

One of the highlights of September’s Georgian trip, along with the wine and the qvevri of course, was the food.

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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

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

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
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

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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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