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Canada Features Regions TOP STORIES 

In Niagara (7) Thomas Bachelder: top Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Gamay from Canada’s Niagara region

November 1, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6032 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir

Website: https://bachelderniagara.com/ Tasting with Thomas Bachelder is a remarkable experience. He has an innate curiosity and knowledge of wine that

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Features Latest South Africa 

Lismore: tasting the latest releases from Samantha O’Keefe in Greyton, South Africa

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4674 Views

Website: https://www.lismore.co.za/ Samantha O’Keefe is a pioneering wine grower in Greyton, where she first planted a wine farm in 2004.

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Features New Zealand TOP STORIES 

Felton Road: current releases and a retrospective, celebrating 25 years of this important Central Otago producer

October 30, 2022November 4, 2022 jamiegoode 6503 Views

It’s easy to forget how recent Central Otago’s progress as a world famous wine region is. When the first blocks

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Highlights: three from Folding Hill in Central Otago, NZ

October 29, 2022 jamiegoode 4032 Views Central Otago

Website: http://www.foldinghill.co.nz/ I’ve been following Folding Hill, which is based in the Bendigo region of Central Otago, since I first

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Champagne Highlights Regions 

Highlights: Champagne Billecart Salmon Cuvée Elizabeth Salmon Rosé 2009

October 28, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3032 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-billecart.fr/en/millesime/cuvee-elisabeth-salmon-2009 It’s Champagne day today, so time for a treat, and it’s the prestige pink fizz from Billecart-Salmon, the

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Pelegrim NV England

October 27, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3079 Views

Website: https://www.westwellwines.com/products/pelegrim-nv Good to see many English sparkling wine producers moving towards a non-vintage model, which allows reserve wines to

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Features Italy 

The wines of Podernuovo a Palazzone, polished gems from the south of Tuscany

October 26, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 4619 Views Tuscany

Website: https://www.podernuovoapalazzone.com/?lang=en Giovanni Bulgari is part of the Bulgari family, famous for their jewelry business. His family sold to LVMH

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Gusbourne: one of the UK’s leading producers

October 24, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3790 Views

Website: https://www.gusbourne.com/ Back in 2004 Andrew Weeber planted the first vines of Gusbourne in Appeldore in Kent. The first wines

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Spain Videos 

Video: Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana in Sanlucar de Barremeda, one of the top bodegas in the Sherry triangle

October 22, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4616 Views sherry

It’s harvest time in Sherry country, and Jamie Goode visits Hidalgo La Gitana in the coastal town of Sanlucar de

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Features Profiles South of France 

Costières de Nîmes, an exciting region in the Rhône, part 1: introduction

October 20, 2022January 20, 2023 jamiegoode 5451 Views Costieres de Nimes, southern rhone

Website: https://www.costieres-nimes.org/en/vineyard The most southerly of the Rhône vineyards, Costières de Nîmes is southwest of Avignon, and due south of

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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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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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