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Esterházy, a historical estate reborn, making lovely wines from Austria’s Leithaberg (Burgenland) region

May 21, 2026May 22, 2026 jamiegoode 1030 Views Burgenland

Website: https://esterhazywein.at/en/ Esterházy is a historic estate, located in the Leithaberg subregion of Burgenland. The Esterházy castle, owned by the

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Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 jamiegoode 1365 Views Burgenland

Website: https://www.kracher.at/ Based in the village of Illmitz, in the Burgenland, Kracher is probably the most famous sweet wine producer

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Austria Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Sommer Blaufränkisch 2020 Leithaberg, Burgenland, Austria

January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 1175 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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Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode 3479 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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Austria Features 

Umathum: serious wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

April 15, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 3439 Views Burgenland

Website: https://www.umathum.at/en/ Umathum is based in the Burgenland region of Austria. They are located on the east side of Lake

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The wines of Heinrich, one of Austria’s most singular producers

June 24, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 10930 Views biodynamics, Burgenland, Limestone, Schist

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring report on this important Burgenland producer Gernot and Heike Heinrich are custodians of one of

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Austria France Highlights 

Highlights: two from RAW Wine – Gut Oggau and La Pièce

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 jamiegoode 5236 Views Burgenland, cahors, Natural wine

Raw Wine is known for its natural wine fairs, which started off in London back in 2012 but have since

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Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.margan.com.au/ Margan is an important Hunter Valley producer making some very interesting wines, and championing newer varieties that show

Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show
Australia Features Latest 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction
Australia Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction

August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Four wines from Virginia in the USA
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Four wines from Virginia in the USA

August 17, 2026August 17, 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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