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Features Oregon Washington State 

Northwest Explorations – Oregon, Washington and Idaho – a Texsom seminar

September 12, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 2995 Views

This seminar was led by Samantha Cole-Johnson and Elaine Heide as part of Texsom. We begin in Oregon, with a

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Argentina California Features New York State TOP STORIES 

Meeting Paul Hobbs and trying his wines: one of the world’s most accomplished consultant winemakers

September 10, 2023September 10, 2023 jamiegoode 10204 Views

One of the best known Californian consultant winemakers is Paul Hobbs. He began making wine at Mondavi in the late

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Features Italy 

The rare grape varieties of Italy: a Texsom seminar

September 7, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3577 Views

A Texsom seminar led by Marquita Levy-Pennington and Shelley Lindgren. ‘We could have this seminar last for two weeks,’ says

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Austria Videos 

Video: visiting the Wagram wine region in Austria by tractor

September 6, 2023 jamiegoode 3887 Views

Jamie Goode heads from Graffneg to the Wagram wine region in Austria on tractor. As part of the OTW tastings

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: La Spinetta Timorasso 2021, Piemonte, Italy

September 4, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 4431 Views Piemonte

Timorasso is an ancient indigenous grape variety of Piemonte, worthy and regarded enough to have its own DOC (!). This

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

Damascene, the new star from South Africa

September 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 9257 Views

One of the most exciting producers to emerge from the already very exciting South African wine scene in the last

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Features New York State 

The wines of Keuka Lake Vineyards, Finger Lakes, New York State

September 1, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7642 Views Finger Lakes

Website: https://www.klvineyards.com/ At the FLXcursion event in Geneva, New York, I caught up with Mel Goldman to taste his Keuka

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Les Cadrans de Lassègue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

August 31, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7191 Views

Slightly surprised to see a wine this good in the Flagship AA lounge in Dallas Fort Worth Airport. It’s the

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Australia Features Regions 

Old Vines, Classic Wines: a brief study of Australian wine

August 30, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4769 Views

These wines were served at a Wine Australia lunch at the Texsom conference in Dallas, August 2023. It’s a really

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Features Latest New York State 

Element Winery: one of the stars of the Finger Lakes region, New York State

August 27, 2023August 27, 2023 jamiegoode 5384 Views Finger Lakes

Website: https://www.elementwinery.com/ Chris Bates is a master sommelier and restaurateur who also has his own winery in the Finger Lakes

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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau
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Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 jamiegoode

In March 2026 a group of experienced wine judges from around the world gathered in Macau, China, to judge the

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
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

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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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