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Austria Features Latest 

Herrenhof Lamprecht: impressive wines from volcanic Styria, with a particular focus on Furmint and field blends

October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 jamiegoode 845 Views Styria

Website: https://www.herrenhof.net/ Back in the day, Herrenhof Lamprecht, now a wine estate in Vulkanland Steiermark (Austria) was a monastery. There’s

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Santuvario, a natural wine producer in Alto Piemonte, Italy

October 16, 2026 jamiegoode 770 Views Natural wine, Piemonte

Santuvario is a small natural wine producer based in the town of Borgomanero in Alto Piemonte, at the foot of

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Tio Pepe Fino Sherry En Rama NV (2026 release)

October 16, 2026 jamiegoode 702 Views sherry

For me, the en rama movement in Sherry and Manzanilla has been an exciting shift for the region. Big sherry

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Features Italy Latest Regions Sparkling wine 

Otrepò Pavese Classese: tasting through a large range of these impressive Pinot Noir-based sparkling wines from northwest Italy

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1282 Views otrepo pavese, pinot noir, Sparkling wine

I’ve been to a lot of wine regions around the world, but I’m yet to visit the scenic Oltrepò Pavese

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Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode 840 Views Carignan, Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch

Website: https://www.hazendal.co.za/ Hazendal is a historic wine farm in the Bottelary Hills subregion of Stellenbosch that has been transformed. It

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Brut Millésimé 2015 France

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode 677 Views

This is really impressive. I admit, I wasn’t expecting it to be this good. Champagne Taittinger Brut Millésimé 2015 France12.5%

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Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode 760 Views Galicia, rias baixas, Ribeira sacra

For the 2026 edition of Simplesmente Vinho the guest region was Galiza (Galicia) in Spain, and there were nine visiting

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Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode 620 Views

Website: https://www.bothey.co.za/wine/ Katja Leinberger and Marcel Hartman own a luxury accommodation call The Bothey, and they also have a range

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Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode 882 Views Clare Valley, Riesling

Website: https://www.jimbarry.com/news/loosenbarry-unique-collaboration-meeting-minds-shared-obsession Loosen Barry is a fun (and quite serious) joint Riesling project, and I did a deep dive into

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Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode 1089 Views Niagara, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Sparkling wine, Vancouver Island

Canadian Sparkling Wine is a category that is progressing nicely. This tasting was a selection of 24, across many different

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Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Rabasco: beautiful natural wines from Abruzzo, Italy

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.rabascowinery.com/en/home-en-2/ Rabasco is an impressive natural wine producer in Abruzzo, which is run by Iole Rabasco. She was previously

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 
Argentina Chile Features Latest 

With these twelve wines, Juampi Michellini, Matias Riccitelli, Rafael Urreloja and Derek Mossman Knapp illustrate Argentina and Chile’s precocious ability to express the best in any variety 

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 Lisse Garnett
Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard
England Features Latest 

Three wines from a new producer in Oxfordshire (UK): Yew Tree Vineyard

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s
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Cantina Terlarno and Produttori del Barbaresco: an amazing dinner with two of the world’s great cooperative wineries, tasting back to the 1960s

October 23, 2026October 23, 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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