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England Highlights 

Highlights: Martin’s Lane Vineyard Founder’s Vintage Pinot Noir 2022 Crouch Valley, Essex, England

April 23, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3256 Views pinot noir

This is a remarkable expression of English Pinot Noir, from a special vineyard in the Crouch Valley (one which lots

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Australia Features Regions 

The wines of Giant Steps, Yarra Valley and Tasmania, Australia

April 22, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 6312 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.giantstepswine.com.au/ It’s a new era for Yarra Valley winery Giant Steps. It was recently purchased by Jackson Family Wines,

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Features Spain 

Alegre Valagñón, a new wave Rioja star

April 21, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3300 Views Rioja

Website: https://alegrevalganon.com/ Very impressed by these wines from Alegre Valagñón. Husband and wife team Oscar Alegre and Eva Valagñón started

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Features Spain 

The remarkable wines of Bodega Cerrón, Jumilla, Spain

April 19, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 7766 Views Jumilla, Mourvedre

Website: http://vinacerron.com/ Jumilla is a wine region in the southeast of Spain, in the province of Murcia. It’s hot here,

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Features Portugal 

Quinta do Poeta, a new Douro winery

April 18, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 3748 Views Douro

The poet in question is Fausto José dos Santos Júnior (1903-1975), who was born in Aldeia de Cima in the

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Features South Africa 

The 2023 releases from Eben Sadie, South Africa

April 17, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4684 Views swartland

I’ve written lots about Eben Sadie before, and he hardly needs an introduction. So without much supplementary commentary, here are

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Features Portugal 

Gardunha Sul, an interesting new producer in Portugal’s Beira Interior

April 16, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4022 Views

André Lourenço spent 15 years making techno wines for other people before he decided to start his own project, making

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Crystallum Peter Max Pinot Noir 2021 Western Cape, South Africa

April 16, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4152 Views

I visited Peter-Allan Finlayson at Gabrielskloof back in November. I really like the Crystallum wines he makes there, so if

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Features Rhone TOP STORIES 

Rhone discovery (6) a big tasting of Ventoux wines

April 14, 2024June 18, 2024 jamiegoode 10134 Views Ventoux

The Ventoux appellation in the southern Rhône is seriously underrated. I spent a few days there and came away enthused

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Lanson Le Vintage 2013 France

April 14, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 4560 Views

This new release from the cold 2013 vintage has high acidity but really works. Champagne Lanson Le Vintage 2013 FranceThis

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Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray
Features Latest Loire 

Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 jamiegoode

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

North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay
Features Latest New Zealand 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Geographic Wines: an exciting pan-regional terroir project from Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

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

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode
The wines of Vietti, a leading Langhe producer
Features Italy Latest 

The wines of Vietti, a leading Langhe producer

February 16, 2026February 16, 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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