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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Toro Loco Orgánico 2018 Utiel-Requna, Spain

September 2, 2020September 6, 2020 jamiegoode 7445 Views

I have no idea how Aldi can sell an organic wine for £4.99. Especially when it tastes really good. And

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Food and wine Spain 

Restaurants: Sabor, London

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 jamiegoode 6009 Views London, Restaurants

Back in the saddle, a post-lockdown restaurant experience. Last Tuesday I lunched at Sabor in Heddon Street, just off lower

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Spain TOP STORIES 

Torres Anthologia: high-end wines from this important Spanish winery

July 18, 2020July 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6088 Views

Miquel Torres led this tasting of the top wines of Torres from the family museum, with a backdrop of some

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Abel Mendoza Virua Rioja Blanco 2018 Spain

July 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4065 Views Rioja

White Rioja can be annoyingly oaky. That’s because in this region, dominated by factory wineries, it’s common to ferment white

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Fedellos do Couto Bastarda 2018 Ribeira Sacra

June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5848 Views Ribeira sacra

Fedellos do Couto are a natural-ish wine producer based in Ribeira Sacra. I visited a couple of years ago –

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Profiles Spain 

Ribera del Duero: Pago De Los Capellanes

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 jamiegoode 7201 Views

Website: Pago de Los Capellanes One of the top wineries in the region, Pago de Los Capellanes is owned by

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Regions Spain 

Ribero del Duero: an introduction to this important Spanish wine region

May 31, 2020June 8, 2020 jamiegoode 10466 Views

This was my first visit to Ribera del Duero, and it began with an overview from Augustin Alonso Gonzalez, technical

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Highlights Spain Videos 

Highlights: Suertes del Marques 7 Fuentes 2016 Tenerife

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 jamiegoode 7028 Views Tenerife

Suertes del Marques 7 Fuentes 2016 Orotava, Teneferife, Spain13% alcohol. A wine I bought a while back, this is a

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Latest Spain 

Ramón Bilbao in Rueda

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 6235 Views Rueda, Verdejo

Rioja winery Ramón Bilbao – since 1999 part of large drinks company Zamora – have been in business for almost

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Cota 45 Ube Miraflores 2018 Spain

May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 jamiegoode 9460 Views flor, manzanilla, palomino

Ramiro Ibáñez is the dude behind Bodegas Cota 45, and his small winery is on the waterfront in Sanlúcar de

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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
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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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