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All things about French wine from Taste France magazine

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 jamiegoode 4350 Views

Taste France Magazine is a global-facing online magazine with a goal to share engaging content on French food and drinks,

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The Lisboa wine region, Portugal: a mini-study with six wines

December 30, 2022December 31, 2022 jamiegoode 6549 Views Lisboa

There are not many wine regions that change their name, and make a success of it. But one Portuguese wine

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The Wine Pinnacle Awards 2022 at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 jamiegoode 3807 Views

Website: https://www.winepinnacle.com/ At the end of the month, Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa hosts one of the wine world’s most exciting

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Five extraordinary wineries around the world

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 jamiegoode 4495 Views

When you consider where the best winery is, Italy and Spain come to mind first. While they have much to

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Temperature-controlled wine storage units

June 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5997 Views

Wine is sensitive to storage temperatures. In traditional wine-producing countries wine is often stored after bottling in underground cellars, which

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The most famous Italian red wines and their pairings

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 jamiegoode 8265 Views

Italy is one of the world’s leading wine countries. From the relatively cool mountainous north, down to the hot southerly

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Three Georgian wines from new UK retailer Degustate

February 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4460 Views

Three wines from Degustate, a new UK-based online Georgian wine shop: www.degustate.co.uk These show the different sides of Georgia, and

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Bairrada, perhaps Portugal’s best terroir? In seven wines

December 17, 2021December 18, 2021 jamiegoode 10344 Views

Bairrada is a wine region in northern Portugal that is attracting a lot of attention at the moment. It has

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It’s Carmenere day, and I taste two good examples from Errazuriz

November 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8737 Views carmenere

It’s Carmenere day! And here I taste two really good examples from Errazuriz. Carmenere hails from Bordeaux, but it found

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The new face of Cava, Spain’s traditional method sparkling wine

November 22, 2021December 14, 2021 jamiegoode 10926 Views cava

Cava is changing. Over the last few months I’ve been tasting some examples of Cava, the well-known traditional method sparkling

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
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The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.centralotagowine.co/initiatives/centraldozen I’m a big fan of Pinot Noir from Central Otago in New Zealand. I’ve visited numerous times, and

Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)
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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 jamiegoode
A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
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A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 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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