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Marlborough

Features Latest New Zealand 

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode 1462 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

The Marris dynasty are an important part of Marlborough’s past, present, and surely future. John Marris was the land agent

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Features New Zealand 

Blank Canvas, retelling the Marlborough story through some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 27, 2026October 10, 2026 jamiegoode 1595 Views Chardonnay, Marlborough, pinot noir, Sauvignon Blanc

Website: https://blankcanvaswines.com/ Blank Canvas is the project of well-known Marlborough consultant winemaker Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson. Until very recently

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Features New Zealand 

Appellation Marlborough Wine: the 2025 selection of Sauvignon Blanc

January 22, 2026October 10, 2026 jamiegoode 2323 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

Website: https://www.appellationmarlboroughwine.co.nz/ Marlborough became famous because of Sauvignon Blanc, and it is the dominant grape variety planted in the region.

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Features New Zealand Regions 

The wines of Corofin, interpreting interesting Marlborough terroirs through the lens of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir – updated with 2023 releases

January 20, 2026October 10, 2026 jamiegoode 11826 Views Chardonnay, Marlborough, pinot noir

For me, Corofin is one of Marlborough’s (and New Zealand’s) most exciting wine projects. The people behind it are Mike

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cloudy bay sauvignon blanc 2025
Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Marlborough, New Zealand

October 29, 2025 jamiegoode 7149 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

First look at the 2025 vintage in Marlborough by way of one of the region’s classics, the Cloudy Bay Sauvignon

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Features New Zealand 

Nautilus, a deep dive into this Marlborough producer with winemaker Clive Jones

April 5, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2557 Views Marlborough

A few years back I spent a lot of time in Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region. Most people are

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Features New Zealand 

40 years of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc

January 29, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 7105 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

New Zealand’s most famous wine, the Marlborough icon, hits middle age It was back in 1985 that the first vintage

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Features Latest New Zealand 

Zephyr: Marlborough gets interesting in the hands of Ben Glover

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 jamiegoode 6827 Views Marlborough

Website: https://zephyrwine.com/about.htm Ben Glover made his reputation as a winemaker working for Brent Marris at Wither Hills, and later Mud

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Features New Zealand 

Spoke: a new range of boutique wines from New Zealand’s Marlborough region

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7695 Views Marlborough

Website: https://vineyard-productions.com/wine/spoke/ Marlborough is home to some big wineries. By my reckoning there are five that each process more than

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Features New Zealand 

Marlborough at 50: Tohu, the first Māori-owned and operated winery in New Zealand

June 16, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 7506 Views Marlborough

Website: https://www.tohuwines.co.nz/ Over recent years, the New Zealand wine industry address some of the historical imbalances that saw Māori culture

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Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode

For the 2026 edition of Simplesmente Vinho the guest region was Galiza (Galicia) in Spain, and there were nine visiting

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode
All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
Features Latest 

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 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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