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  • Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes
  • Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini
  • Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

50 years of Kanonkop, one of South Africa’s leading wineries

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 jamiegoode 11082 Views

Johann Krige (proprietor) was in town with Abrie Beeslaar (winemaker) in a tasting that celebrated 50 years of Kanonkop, one

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England

July 23, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 2799 Views

This is the debut vintage of the Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé, and it’s based on the 2016 vintage. The idea

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Burgundy Features 

Exploring Bourgogne (1) Domaine Verret, Saint-Bris

July 22, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6742 Views

Domaine Verret14 route de Champs – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 31 81www.domaineverret.com The Verret family have been winegrowers

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Australia Features 

Penfolds Collection 2023, including the new 2019 Grange

July 19, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6764 Views

Peter Gago was in London to introduce the 2023 Penfolds Collection. This iconic Australian producer has been busy adding wines

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Features Spain 

Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau

July 17, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5557 Views cava

Website: https://www.vilarnau.es/en Vilarnau is a medium-sized Cava house owned by González Byass since 1982. In the 1980s they wanted to

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Beaujolais Features 

Beaujolais adventures (3) Domaine Les Garçons, an exciting newcomer

July 16, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 6251 Views

This is a very exciting new project in Beaujolais. First vintage of this domaine was 2020, and it is run

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Video: In Rioja, visiting 10 wineries with World’s Best Vineyards

July 16, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4030 Views Rioja

In July 2023 Jamie Goode joined a trip with World’s Best Vineyards competition to Rioja, visiting 10 leading wineries in

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England Features 

New Hall Wine Estate: 2021 releases from this Crouch Valley (Essex, England) winery

July 15, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 5167 Views

Website: www.newhallwines.com One of England’s oldest commercial vineyards, planted in 1969 by Bill and Sheila Greenwood. That year they began

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Penn Croft and Itasca Wines: an interesting Hampshire contract winery (Thorrington Mill, Wraxhall, Missing Gate) also making their own wines

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 jamiegoode 8523 Views

Ben Smith is the winemaker at Itasca Wines, a 600 ton winery in north Hampshire. Here he makes some of

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Features New York State Regions 

Beyond the sea: a tasting of Rieslings influenced by bodies of water

July 14, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4741 Views Finger Lakes, Riesling

Lakes have been important in making viticulture possible in many regions. Think of Niagara in Canada: without the lake effect

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Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State
Features Latest New York State TOP STORIES 

Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.hillickandhobbs.com/ Paul Hobbs is very well known in the wine world, and as well as consulting widely he opened

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode
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Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 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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