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Alsace Features Regions 

Alsace adventure (7) Domaine Albert Mann

January 16, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5159 Views

Website: https://www.albertmann.com/ Based in Wettolsheim, this has always been a reliable destination for really good Alsace wines. Of late, Albert

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Austria Features 

Christian Tschida, one of Austria’s natural wine stars

January 14, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4990 Views Natural wine

Christian Tschida is based in Illmitz, a village on the east shore of Lake Neusiedlersee. He’s one of the champions

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Champagne Features 

Egly-Ouriet: stunning grower Champagnes from Ambonnay

January 13, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 8634 Views

Egly-Ouriet is a family estate founded by Francis Egly’s grandfather in Ambonnay. I met with Francis and his daughter Clémence

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Features Spain 

Viña Zorzal: expressive naturally made wines from Navarra, Spain

January 13, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3025 Views navarra

Website: https://vinazorzalwines.com/en/about-zorzal-wines/ Viña Zorzal are based in Navarra, where they are making not only some of the most interesting wines

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California Features TOP STORIES 

Visiting Mayacamas, who are making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mt. Veeder

January 11, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 9003 Views Napa

Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas, which is translated as call of the mountain lion, is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making

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Features Greece 

Visiting Gaia wines in Greece, who make interesting wines in both Nemea and Santorini

January 10, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3931 Views Santorini

Website: https://gaiawines.gr/en/ktima-gaias-en/ Gaia Estate is one of Greece’s leading wineries. They are based in two places: Nemea, in the Peloponnese,

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Features France 

Château des Tourettes and Tinus, the Luberon outpost of Jean-Marie Guffens

January 9, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3933 Views

It was back in 1979 when Jean-Marie Guffens established his famous Mâconnais estate Domaine Guffens-Heynen which was later joined by

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Features Portugal 

Chinado: natural wines from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region

January 9, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3108 Views Lisboa, Natural wine

Website: https://www.vinhochinado.com/ Chinado are based in Alcobaça, the home of the famous monastery, in the Lisboa wine region, where they

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Austria Features 

BLAU: a special exploration into the world of Blaufränkisch

January 8, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3126 Views Blaufrankisch

This was an interesting tasting, with some of the most interesting Blaufränkisch producers, all of who are imported into the

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1957 Views Chianti Classico

Had this beauty from the wine list at Manteca with good friends. Fontodi Dino Chianti Classico 2020 ItalyThis is Fontodi’s

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
yuki bar
Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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