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Vergelegen rebooted: visiting this important South African winery and meeting the man tasked with fulfilling the potential of an amazing set of vineyards

January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 jamiegoode 2320 Views

Website: https://vergelegen.co.za/ Vergelegen is one of the great wine projects of South Africa, and it has now been rebooted after

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Visiting Mayacamas, who are making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mt. Veeder

January 11, 2025March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 4886 Views Napa

Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas, which is translated as call of the mountain lion, is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making

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50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé: a vertical tasting and a technical discussion

January 2, 2025January 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1676 Views

Frédéric Rouzaud and Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon present a vertical tasting of Cristal Rosé, Louis Roederer’s ‘hidden gem’ that since its inception

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UK/English sparkling wine: a major study

December 20, 2024December 23, 2024 jamiegoode 2142 Views Sparkling wine

UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots

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California exploration: visiting Rajat Parr at Phelan Farm and Stolo Vineyards, Cambria

December 8, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 15985 Views Natural wine

Website: https://phelanfarm.com/ The pandemic had a big impact on a lot of people. It turned Rajat Parr into a farmer.

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The wines of Wynns, Coonawarra – interviewing Sue Hodder, chief winemaker of Australia’s leading producers

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 jamiegoode 1744 Views Coonawarra

Coonawarra is a celebrated wine region in South Australia, and Wynns are one of the most important players here. It

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Bordeaux 2022: tasting the wines from this much-hyped vintage now they are in bottle

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 jamiegoode 6355 Views

Each year I look forward to tasting the most recently bottled vintage of Bordeaux. These wines will have been shown

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Bowled over by the single origin 2015 wines from Champagne Philipponnat

October 29, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1308 Views

Website: https://www.philipponnat.com/ Over lunch at the excellent Clove Club, I caught up with Charles Philipponnat and a small band of

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California Features TOP STORIES 

In Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (9) Joseph Swan with Rod Berglund

October 23, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1430 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.swanwinery.com/ Rod Berglund is one of the most respected winemakers in the Russian River Valley, and for the last

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The Symington Vintage Port Day: celebrating the pinnacle from the Douro, looking at 2022, 2003, 1985 and 1963

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 jamiegoode 1165 Views Port

Vintage Port is the pinnacle wine of the Douro. Made from top vineyard sites in the best years, it is

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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany
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A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode
The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais
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The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries
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Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

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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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