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New Zealand Profiles 

Smith & Sheth, tilting at NZ’s top

November 1, 2019November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 7460 Views

The new project from Steve Smith and Brian Sheth looks to add stardust to New Zealand’s fine wine dimension Steve

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Canada Features TOP STORIES 

The judgment of BC, 2019

October 31, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 10097 Views

How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie

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Regions South Africa 

South Africa

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 34250 Views

A guide to the wine regions of South Africa South Africa is one of the most dynamic of all wine

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California Features 

Petaluma Gap, a new-ish AVA on the Sonoma Coast

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 jamiegoode 7928 Views

A quick look at six wines from California’s newest AVA Do we need more wine appellations? Especially when some of

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Profiles South Africa 

Donovan Rall, top wines from South Africa

October 26, 2019December 9, 2019 jamiegoode 12557 Views swartland

There’s something about tall South Africans and wine. Three of the leading winegrowers from this dynamic country are all very

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Beaujolais Wine Science 

Using a microscope to monitor fermentations at Lapierre

October 23, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 12221 Views Natural wine

Natural winemaking doesn’t mean just letting wine ferments do their own thing. If you want to make good natural wines,

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Gallery: autumn in the vineyards of Beaujolais

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 jamiegoode 7276 Views Beaujolais, Gamay

Some pictures from yesterdays walk through the vineyards of Fleurie and Juliénas in Beaujolais

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Burgundy Profiles 

Thibault Liger-Belair, a new classic Burgundy domaine

October 19, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 13930 Views pinot noir

Visiting Thibault Liger-Belair’s green winery to taste his sought-after wines Thibault took over the 8 hectare Liger-Belair vineyard in 2001,

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Features Oregon Profiles 

Nicolas Jay, a new Oregon star

October 18, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 10249 Views oregon, pinot noir

Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Méo’s collaboration has already established itself among the Willamette Valley’s finest Nicolas Jay is a collaborative

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Latest Profiles South Africa 

Thorne & Daughters, some of South Africa’s finest whites

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 jamiegoode 9709 Views

John Seccombe’s Thorne & Daughters wines draw on some top Cape vineyards and show amazing finesse John Seccombe is the

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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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