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Burgundy Features Latest 

Highlights: Domaine de L’Arlot Nuits Saint Georges 1er Cru Clos des Forets St Georges 2015

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 jamiegoode 2563 Views

Website: https://www.arlot.com/en/ Really loved this wine from L’Arlot. This property is part of the AXA Portfolio, and Christian Seely has

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Australia Features Latest 

Kym Teusner: fine wines from this Barossa star

December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 jamiegoode 2961 Views

Website: https://www.teusner.com.au/ I first met Kym Teusner in the Barossa Valley in 2004 (see my report here here). He’d only

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Bizoe ‘Henriëtta’ 2020 Franschhoek, South Africa

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 jamiegoode 2581 Views

Website: https://bizoe.co.za/ Franschhoek is a region with a particular talent for Semillon, and here it’s nicely married with its regular

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The Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay collection 2021 vintage: some of New Zealand’s best Chardonnays

December 26, 2023 jamiegoode 3651 Views Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay

Hawke’s Bay has a had a good run of recent vintages, despite the awful floods that hit in February 2023,

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Austria Features Latest 

Austrian Sparkling Wine: a masterclass

December 25, 2023 jamiegoode 3564 Views Sparkling wine

This session was presented by Sasha Speicher at the Arlberg Weinberg 2023 in Lech, Austria. Sasha is an excellent presenter

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Thelema Rabelais 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa

December 25, 2023 jamiegoode 3404 Views Stellenbosch

The Rabelais was originally the Thelema Cape Winemaker’s Guild red that we put in auction each year, says Thomas Webb.

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Highlights: François Rousset-Martin Savagnin Cuvée du Professeur 2018 Côtes du Jura

December 23, 2023 jamiegoode 3106 Views

Had this beauty last night at Dan’s, which is one of the best places in London to drink interesting wine.

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Features Latest Portugal 

Port and Madeira: a fortified discussion with Niepoort and Barbeito

December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 jamiegoode 3193 Views Madeira, Port

As part of the program at the 2023 Arlberg Weinberg festival, sommelier Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin compered this session with Ricardo Freitas

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Fontodi chianti classico
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Chianti Classico Deep Dive (2) Fontodi

December 20, 2023December 22, 2023 jamiegoode 6539 Views Chianti Classico, Sangiovese

Website: https://www.fontodi.com/en/Home.html Fontodi is one of the top properties in Chianti Classico. I last visited back in 2008, so it

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve Brut NV

December 20, 2023 jamiegoode 2797 Views

I really like the wines of Gosset, which with a production of 1 million bottles a year isn’t a big

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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
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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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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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