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Germany Highlights Regions 

Highlights: Enderle & Moll Pinot Noir 2018 Baden

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 jamiegoode 8310 Views baden, Natural wine, pinot noir

Enderle & Moll was started in 2007 with just three barrels of wine in a garage in Baden. Florian Moll

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Argentina Features 

Catena explore the natural side: making the most of Argentina’s historic Criolla Chica variety

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 jamiegoode 8150 Views Natural wine

Catena is one of Argentina’s best-known producers, making a range of wines at varying price points, including some very impressive

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Austria Highlights 

Highlights: Heinrich Graue Freyheit 2017 Austria

December 15, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7661 Views Natural wine, orange wine

This remarkable wine, in a clay bottle, is a blend of Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) from crystalline schist and quartz schist

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England Regions Videos 

Video: vintage at Tillingham

October 15, 2020October 20, 2020 jamiegoode 4606 Views Natural wine

Jamie Goode visits Tillingham winery in Sussex (UK). It’s vintage time, and after a look round and a chance to

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England Features Gallery 

Gallery: vintage at Tillingham, a natural winery in Sussex, UK

October 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6278 Views Natural wine, Winemaking

Two days in Sussex. I actually did some proper work. After a gentle first day (looking round, tasting the 2020

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Highlights 

Highlights: Jean-François Ganevat Plein Sud Trousseau 2018 Côtes du Jura

September 18, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 7477 Views Jura, Natural wine

Had this at Noble Rot Soho. It’s a Trousseau from the Jura, made without any added sulfites. Infusion-style winemaking with

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontennelles 2016 Saumur, Loire

July 30, 2020December 3, 2020 jamiegoode 6909 Views Chenin Blanc, Natural wine

I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: De Moor Bourgogne Chitry 2018 France

July 12, 2020May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 7269 Views Chardonnay, Natural wine

Neighbouring the Chablis region, Chitry is a very interesting appellation with similar soils and climate, with the potential to make

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Profiles South Africa TOP STORIES 

In South Africa: visiting the new home of Testalonga

July 6, 2020July 10, 2020 jamiegoode 11833 Views Natural wine, swartland

Craig and Carla Hawkins were the first of the Swartland Revolution crew to start their own vineyard project, back in

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium & Benedic

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Treve Ring 11489 Views Natural wine

These are not your typical Italian wines. Unless, that is, you usually take of natural wine made by nuns. In

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Pounding Grape: the exciting wines of Chris Groenewald, from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

Pounding Grape: the exciting wines of Chris Groenewald, from South Africa

August 12, 2026August 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Back in 2014 one of South Africa’s most interesting, and probably quirkiest wine projects was born, a collaboration between Michael

The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 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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