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Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Honest Wines Time to Dance 2023 Swan Valley, Western Australia

February 17, 2026 jamiegoode 618 Views Grenache

Really like this gem from the Swan Valley, an old warm-climate region established long before Margaret River was even dreamt

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Features Latest Loire 

Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 jamiegoode 978 Views Chenin Blanc, Vouvray

Website: https://www.domainehuet.com/ Huet is one of the great names of the Loire, and perhaps the most famous winery in Vouvray.

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Features Latest New Zealand 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode 725 Views North Canterbury

Back in 1976, Christchurch neurologist Ivan Donaldson had caught the wine bug, and with some of his medical friends planted

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Features Latest Portugal 

Geographic Wines: an exciting pan-regional terroir project from Portugal

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode 807 Views

Website: https://www.geographicwines.pt/en/homepage/ This is a really interesting new project from Portugal. It’s a pan-regional portfolio, with wines from Vinho Verde,

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Features Italy Latest 

The wines of Vietti, a leading Langhe producer

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode 566 Views Piemonte

Website: https://www.vietti.com/en/ Vietti is a historical winery based in the beautiful hilltop village of Castiglione Falletto in the Barolo region.

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Goode’s Cribsheets (5) Victorian Pinot Noir

February 14, 2026 jamiegoode 481 Views pinot noir

Victoria may be the second smallest state in Australia, but it has an amazing diversity of wine regions, including many

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amayna leyda chile
Chile Features Latest 

Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 jamiegoode 752 Views Leyda, pinot noir, Sauvignon Blanc

Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of

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Lebanon Profiles 

The wines of Château Ksara, Lebanon

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode 11691 Views

Website: https://chateauksara.com/ Lebanon is making some pretty interesting wines at the moment. As well as old favourite Musar, there’s the

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Features France Latest 

La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode 854 Views Savoie

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lagrangedernest/ L’Ernest 2024 Vin des Allobroges (Savoie)This is a very exciting new domaine in Savoie, from Lilian Hyza (pictured

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Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode 1022 Views Chardonnay, Gamay, pinot noir, Willamette

Website: https://www.grochaucellars.com/ John Grochau started his winery in 2002, initially using his own name, but later switching it to GC

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Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.brookswine.com/ I’ve featured Oregon winery Brooks here quite a bit (see an article from a visit in 2014, and

Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026
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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode
At Far Mountain, Rodrigo Soto is making some exciting wines from mountain vineyards in Sonoma
California Features Latest Profiles 

At Far Mountain, Rodrigo Soto is making some exciting wines from mountain vineyards in Sonoma

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode
Brunello di Montalcino is unashamedly a wine that takes time to mature, and time feels noticeably short for us all. In a world that values fast trends, fashion and instant gratification, might patience be rewarded?
Features Italy Latest 

Brunello di Montalcino is unashamedly a wine that takes time to mature, and time feels noticeably short for us all. In a world that values fast trends, fashion and instant gratification, might patience be rewarded?

March 28, 2026March 30, 2026 Lisse Garnett

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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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