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California Features TOP STORIES 

Abe Schoener: the thought-leader vigneron, opening a new urban winery in LA

January 27, 2020March 31, 2022 jamiegoode 12576 Views

Abe Schoener, ex-philosophy professor, is the winemaker behind the Scholium Project, an innovative Californian micronegociant winery that’s hard to put

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Champagne Features TOP STORIES 

The six Lieu Dits Champagnes from Selosse

January 20, 2020 jamiegoode 21494 Views

Anselme Selosse is a legendary producer in the Champagne region, and his collection of six Lieu Dit wines are astonishing,

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Beaujolais Profiles TOP STORIES 

David-Baupère: visiting one of the new naturals in Beaujolais

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 jamiegoode 7420 Views Gamay, Natural wine

So much was achieved in Beaujolais by the gang of pioneering natural winegrowers back in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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California Profiles TOP STORIES 

New releases from Domaine de la Côte and Sandhi

January 15, 2020 jamiegoode 9411 Views

I first met Raj Parr at a dinner in London some eight years ago, when he was presenting his wines

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Japan Profiles TOP STORIES 

Visiting Château Mercian, one of Japan’s leading producers

January 12, 2020 jamiegoode 12225 Views

Jamie Goode travels to the Nagano and Yamanashi wine regions of Japan to see the work that one of the

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Georgia TOP STORIES Videos 

Video: in Georgia’s wine regions, pursuing qvevri wines

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 jamiegoode 7741 Views

Jamie Goode visits Georgia for the first time. This is the country that has a strong claim as being the

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Champagne Latest TOP STORIES 

In Champagne: Louis Roederer

December 15, 2019December 16, 2019 jamiegoode 12487 Views champagne

Roederer is an elite house famous for their prestige cuvée, Cristal. But the real story here is a house that

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Champagne Features Regions Sparkling wine TOP STORIES 

Beyond grower Champagne: where have all the growers gone?

December 13, 2019November 4, 2021 Treve Ring 21894 Views

In March 2019 Ring and Goode visited Champagne, to taste, visit and taste some more. In the recent past, the

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Food and wine Latest TOP STORIES 

Trivet: top new London restaurant reviewed

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 jamiegoode 7883 Views London, Restaurants

Fat Duck emigrants Isa Bal and Jonny Lake have created something exceptional in Bermondsey, with a unique chronological wine list

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Portugal TOP STORIES Videos 

Making talha (amphora) wine at Cortes de Cima

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 jamiegoode 7878 Views Alentejo

For vintage 2019 I spent a few days at Alentejo winery Cortes de Cima, to help make a very interesting

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Fryer’s Cove: precise wines from the cool west coast of South Africa

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.fryerscove.co.za/ It was back in 1999 that Jan Van Zyl planted one of South Africa’s most distinctive vineyards right

Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge
Features Latest Portugal 

Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge

March 19, 2026March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much
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Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode
Some amazing Spanish wines from Rioja and Sherry: tasting some of the winners from the International Wine Challenge
Features Latest Spain 

Some amazing Spanish wines from Rioja and Sherry: tasting some of the winners from the International Wine Challenge

March 18, 2026March 18, 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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