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Features Spain 

Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines at her project Sierra de Toloño

March 12, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 6195 Views Rioja

Website: https://www.sierradetolono.com/en/ Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines, with a focus firmly on the vineyard. She

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Australia Features 

Wirra Wirra: a McLaren Vale winery on the fine wine transformation path

March 11, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 9573 Views McLaren Vale

Website: https://wirrawirra.com/ Wirra Wirra is a long-established winery in Australia’s McLaren Vale. For many years it has had a reputation

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Argentina Features 

Achaval Ferrer, one of the leading wineries from Argentina’s Mendoza region

March 11, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 9658 Views Malbec, mendoza

Website: https://www.achaval-ferrer.com/ Achaval Ferrer is one of the most celebrated Argentine wineries. I remember being hugely impressed by what they

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Lanson NV becomes Le Black Création, and this is editon 258

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 7522 Views

This is the second release of Le Black Création, following on from 257. It’s the re-badged black label non-vintage from

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3336 Views Pinot Meunier, Sparkling wine

This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV

March 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 3897 Views

Had a few glasses of this the other evening at a function, and once again came away impressed. Champagne Charles

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Features Italy 

Biondi Santi: new releases from this star of Brunello

March 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 6175 Views Brunello di Montalcino

Website: https://www.biondisanti.it/en/home/home Biondi Santi is one of Italy’s great estates. The brilliant thing about this domaine is the consistency of

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (6) exploring Lamole, the smallest UGA

March 5, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5281 Views Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico has recently been divided into 11 UGAs (Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, which translates inelegantly into Additional Geographical Units). This

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Features Portugal 

Revela: an exciting new producer from Portugal’s Dão wine region

March 4, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5245 Views Dao

Mariana Salvador is a winemaker working with Textura and the Barbetio still wines. Revela is her own project in the

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Chile Features TOP STORIES 

Dry-grown Chile: exploring Itata, a historic region whose time has now come

March 3, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 15680 Views Itata

The modern era of Chilean wine has been defined by French grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenère, Chardonnay and Sauvignon

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Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
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Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode

Popped into Singburi in Shoreditch this afternoon for a late lunch. Came away full, happy and itching to go back.

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit
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Kranz, a leading Pfalz winery, celebrates 25 years of making a single-vineyard wine from a special site called Kalmit

August 26, 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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