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Austria Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Sommer Blaufränkisch 2020 Leithaberg, Burgenland, Austria

January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 763 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgenland

Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/en I’ve been impressed with the wines from Leo Sommer in the past: https://wineanorak.com/2024/11/28/sommer-beautiful-low-intervention-wines-from-austrias-leithaberg-region/ I had this last night

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Highlights Hungary Latest 

Highlights: Kolonia 52 Bleu de Hongrie 2023 Balaton, Hungary

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 1078 Views Blaufrankisch

This is a really interesting Hungarian red, made from Kekfrankos, aka Blaufränkisch. The name translates as Hungarian Blue (it’s French)

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Austria Features Latest Regions 

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode 2547 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgenland, Furmint

Website: https://www.rosischuster.at/en/ Hannes Schuster is based in Sankt Margarethen on the western shores of Lake Neusiedlersee. Most of his vineyards

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Features Slovenia 

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina

July 10, 2025February 12, 2026 jamiegoode 2037 Views Blaufrankisch

Slovenia’s eastern region of Bela Krajina (pronounced ‘bella cry-ner’) is small and beautiful. The vineyards blend into the landscape, with

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Austria Features 

Claus Preisinger, natural wine hero from Gols in Austria’s Burgenland

January 31, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2741 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgen

Claus Preisinger’s began making his own wine in 2002 while working as an assistant winemaker with Hans Nittnaus. His state-of-the-art

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Austria Features 

BLAU: a special exploration into the world of Blaufränkisch

January 8, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2626 Views Blaufrankisch

This was an interesting tasting, with some of the most interesting Blaufränkisch producers, all of who are imported into the

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes

March 30, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 4924 Views Blaufrankisch, cabernet franc

I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into

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Roland Velich
Austria Features Latest Regions 

The wines of Roland Velich, Moric, the master of Blaufränkisch

December 15, 2022December 21, 2022 jamiegoode 9721 Views Blaufrankisch

Roland Velich is arguably the master of the great Blaufränkisch variety, and his wines are incredibly terroir expressive. I caught

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Austria Features Latest TOP STORIES 

The Blaufränkisch summit: getting to grips with this fabulous variety in the Austrian alps

December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 jamiegoode 6175 Views Blaufrankisch

Blaufränkisch Summit, Lech Am Arlberg, December 2022 It’s an exciting time for Blaufränkisch. Back in May 2022 I attended a

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: two from Karl Haidle, Würrtemberg, Germany

August 22, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4091 Views Blaufrankisch

Karl Haidle was founded in 1949 by the famous gymnast of the same name. It’s now in the hands of

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Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
England Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer

March 20, 2026March 21, 2026 jamiegoode

Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their

fryers cove bamboes bay
Features Latest South Africa 

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

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
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
Australia Features Latest 

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

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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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