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Features Portugal 

A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo

May 20, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 9390 Views Alentejo

(Updated May 2024 with notes on new release wines) In 2020 Anna Jørgensen took over at Cortes de Cima, a

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Tio Pepe Fino En Rama (2024 release)

May 20, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3919 Views Jerez, sherry

The new release of the Tio Pepe Fino En Rama is out! And it’s a really good one. This Gonzalez

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Isole e Olena Cepparello 2021 IGT Toscana, Italy

May 18, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 2692 Views Chianti Classico, Sangiovese

Isole e Olena Cepparello 2021 IGT Toscana, Italy15% alcohol. This is 100% Sangiovese from Chianti Classico. First released in 1980,

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Emidio Pepe at 60: Chiara Pepe presents the past, present and future of this Abruzzo star

May 16, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5677 Views Abruzzo

Website: https://www.emidiopepe.com/en/ Emidio Pepe is 60! This celebrated winery from the Abruzzo region in Italy has been on a celebratory

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Louis Roederer Collection 244 MV

May 15, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3247 Views

You have to love Roederer. Of all the Champagne houses, they are the ones making the coolest moves at the

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Beaujolais Features 

Jean Loron: a quality focused negociant and vineyard owner in Beaujolais and the Mâconnais

May 14, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3472 Views

Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/domaine/chateau-bellevue-en-2/ Maison Jean Loron have 150 hectares (owned or managed) in Beaujolais and Bourgogne (Maconnais), with vineyards in seven

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Features Spain 

The remarkable wines of Álvaro Palacios: Rioja, Bierzo and Priorat

May 13, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5884 Views Bierzo, Priorat, Rioja

Álvaro Palacios was in town with his daughter Lola, showing off his impressive portolio, which includes Palacios Remondo (Alfaro, Rioja),

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Thistle and Weed Chenin Blancs

May 12, 2024July 20, 2024 Treve Ring 3681 Views Chenin Blanc

Thistle and Weed is a collaboration between the Terblanche and Wiid families, established in 2015, and led by Etienne Terblanche

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Features South Africa 

Smiley/Silwervis/Terracura are back! One of South Africa’s most interesting wine projects returns

May 8, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 7422 Views

One of South Africa’s quirkiest and most interesting wine projects was Silwervis and Terracura, a two-branded winery born in the

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England Features 

Paragon and Inversion: two stunning prestige cuvées from English sparkling wine produced Black Chalk

May 4, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3434 Views Sparkling wine

These two prestige cuvées from Black Chalk have both spent 26 months on lees, which is relatively short for such

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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett
The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

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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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