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Argentina Profiles Regions Videos 

Big can be good: visiting Trapiche, Argentina’s largest producer

October 16, 2019October 26, 2019 jamiegoode 10923 Views mendoza

Trapiche, part of the Peñaflor group, was founded in 1883 and is now Argentina’s largest producer. Often with wine, small

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Burgundy Profiles 

Domaine Michel Magnien, amphora wines in Burgundy

October 10, 2019October 16, 2019 jamiegoode 10504 Views

Frederic Magnien is a pioneer of terracotta in Burgundy, and is making some very smart wines I was very excited

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California 

The 2017 Pinot Noirs from Kutch

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 jamiegoode 6198 Views

One of California’s leading producers of Pinot Noir It was great to be able to taste the new releases from

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South of France 

Les Quelles de la Coste: the wines of actor John Malkovich

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 10047 Views

These wines are from the estate owned by actor John Malkovich. He has a home in the Luberon in the

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Gallery Regions Spain TOP STORIES 

In the vineyards of Vega Sicilia at harvest time

October 1, 2019October 10, 2019 jamiegoode 6547 Views

I’m in Ribera del Duero, Spain, visiting possibly the best-known of all Spanish producers, Vega Sicilia. It’s vintage time here,

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Spain 

La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza tasting

September 29, 2019August 31, 2020 jamiegoode 9156 Views

Launching the 2010 Reserva Especial, with some back vintage for comparison Viña Ardanza from La Rioja Alta is one of

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Burgundy Features TOP STORIES 

Red Burgundy: Cote de Beaune, Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais

September 27, 2019October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 7760 Views

With Rajat Parr and Larry Stone One of the highlights of TexSom is the seminar series, which covers a broad

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California Videos 

Video: in the vineyards of Southern California with Abe Schoener

September 1, 2019September 16, 2019 jamiegoode 5354 Views
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New Zealand Videos 

Video: New Zealand wine flight

January 26, 2019October 6, 2019 jamiegoode 5462 Views

Air New Zealand and New Zealand Wine Growers collaborate to put on a special wine flight over five of New

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Beaujolais Regions 

Domaine Jules Desjourneys, a new Beaujolais star

April 20, 2018September 29, 2019 jamiegoode 10164 Views

  Every region has its superstar producers. Beaujolais has the gang of five natural winemakers, but now there’s a new

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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
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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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