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Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (2) Domaine Bernard Fleuriet, Sancerre

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 jamiegoode 4785 Views Sancerre

Website: https://www.fleuriet-sancerre.com/ Bernard Fleuriet is one of Sancerre’s most interesting producers in the region, and we met with Matthieu Fleuriet

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Video: visiting the historically important Itata region of Chile, which is undergoing a quiet revival

October 17, 2023October 19, 2023 jamiegoode 4825 Views Itata

Jamie Goode heads down south in Chile to the Itata wine region, which was historically very important and which is

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Features Latest Loire 

Exploring the Centre Loire (1) Domaine La Croix St-Laurent with Fabien Cirotte

October 14, 2023October 14, 2023 jamiegoode 2675 Views Sancerre

The Domaine La Croix St-Laurent is run by Joël et Sylvie Cirotte and their son Fabien (pictured above), so you

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curetage in action
Latest Loire Wine Science 

Curetage: vine surgery for Esca in action, with François Dal

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 jamiegoode 5608 Views

Curetage (also referred to as curettage) is the name for a special sort of vine surgery that was invented in

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Champagne Bruno Paillard launch the new Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru, with Alice Paillard

October 12, 2023 jamiegoode 4280 Views

Website: https://champagnebrunopaillard.com/en/ Bruno Paillard, who famously set up his own Champagne house in 1981, is a force of nature. But

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sancerre
Highlights Latest Loire Regions 

Highlights: the first evening in Sancerre begins with two great bottles

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 jamiegoode 3494 Views pinot noir, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc

I’m in the Centre Loire region of France for a few days, beginning in Sancerre. Arriving quite late, there was

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Exploring Bourgogne (4) Vignerons de Buxy

October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 jamiegoode 2795 Views

Vignerons de BuxyLes Vignes de la Croix – 71390 BuxyTel. +33 (0)3 85 92 09 92Website: www.vigneronsdebuxy.fr Vignerons de Buxy

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Austria Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the wines of Austria’s Styria region: a deep dive into Steiermark single-vineyard wines with the STK members

October 6, 2023 jamiegoode 4294 Views

Jamie Goode explores the wines of Styria (Steiermark) in Austria and comes away impressed. As part of the 2023 OTW

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Burgundy Food and wine Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Dinner at Les Caves Madeleine, Beaune, with two exceptional Aligotés

October 5, 2023 jamiegoode 4775 Views Aligote, Restaurants

Website: https://cavesmadeleine.com/ If you are heading to Beaune, two things you must do before travelling: make a reservation at La

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

A Sijnn retrospective: tasting the past and present of this remarkable vineyard in Malgas, South Africa

October 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 5905 Views

Website: https://www.sijnn.co.za/ This was a tasting and lunch to celebrate 20 years of Sijnn (pronounced ‘sane’), a vineyard located in

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

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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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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