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Champagne Features TOP STORIES 

50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé: a vertical tasting and a technical discussion

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4399 Views

Frédéric Rouzaud and Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon present a vertical tasting of Cristal Rosé, Louis Roederer’s ‘hidden gem’ that since its inception

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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights: Catena Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2020 Mendoza, Argentina

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1793 Views

Criolla is the name used for the pale-red-skinned generously yielding old grape varieties from Argentina, that are now being given

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Features Portugal 

Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port

December 30, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2719 Views Douro

While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (14) Villa Pomona

December 29, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2846 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://fattoriapomona.it/en/ The story of Villa Pomona begins with Giovanni Bandino Bandini, the great grandfather of the current owner, Monica

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California Features 

Favia: Andy and Annie’s boutique Napa wine operation has taken a step forward with the purchase of a significant Oakville vineyard site, and the 2021s impress

December 28, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4012 Views Napa

Website: https://www.faviawines.com/ Annie and Andy Erickson founded Favia in 2003. I caught up with them at a dinner in the

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: Ganevat Les Cedres 2016 Côtes du Jura

December 26, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2156 Views Natural wine

This negoce wine from Ganevat is singing after 8 years, no added sulfites, and still fresh. Anne et Jean-François Ganevat

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France

December 25, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2315 Views

Very impressed by this prestige bottling from Bollinger. Champagne Bollinger PN VZ19 France12.5% alcohol. This is 100% Pinot Noir, base

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Beaujolais adventures (8) Nicolas Chemarin

December 23, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4088 Views

Nicolas Chemarin is one of the rising stars of the natural wine scene in Beaujolais, and I visited him on

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Features Spain 

The remarkable wines of Arizcuren, Rioja, Spain

December 21, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3657 Views Rioja

Website: https://www.arizcurenvinos.com/en/ Javier Arizcuren (pictured above) is producing some of Rioja’s most interesting wines, from vineyards owned by his family.

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England Features TOP STORIES 

UK/English sparkling wine: a major study

December 20, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5164 Views Sparkling wine

UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots

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Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode

Canadian Sparkling Wine is a category that is progressing nicely. This tasting was a selection of 24, across many different

Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
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Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture
Chile Features Latest Regions Wine Science 

Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture

October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 jamiegoode
Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative
Features Italy Latest 

Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative

October 6, 2026October 6, 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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