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Highlights 

Highlights: Ganevat Orégane 2015

February 18, 2020 jamiegoode 8474 Views Jura, Natural wine

This is such a remarkable wine, but that’s what you’d expect from Jean-François Ganevat’s domaine wines. It’s a blend of

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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Elliot’s, Borough Market

February 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7603 Views London, Natural wine, Restaurants

I really like restaurants like Elliot’s. Really solid, well cooked food, made from good ingredients, together with a cracking wine

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Austria 

Heinrich: how a Burgenland winegrower became successful, then changed style

February 6, 2020February 15, 2020 jamiegoode 9867 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgengland, Natural wine

Gernot and Heike Heinrich were custodians of one of Austria’s most critically acclaimed wineries. With 100 hectares in Burgenland, they

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Staffelter Hof Little Bastard 2019 Mosel

February 1, 2020 jamiegoode 7536 Views Natural wine

Jan Matthias Klein runs his family estate, Staettler Hof in Kröv, in Germany’s Mosel region. As well as some more

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Beaujolais Profiles 

Marc Delienne, a new natural winegrower in Fleurie

January 29, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 14165 Views Gamay, Natural wine

Beaujolais is a hotspot for natural wine, and one of the new names here is Marc Delienne in Fleurie. Jamie

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David-Baupère: visiting one of the new naturals in Beaujolais

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 jamiegoode 7725 Views Gamay, Natural wine

So much was achieved in Beaujolais by the gang of pioneering natural winegrowers back in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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In Georgia, on the qvevri trail, experiencing the living fossil of wine

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 jamiegoode 15716 Views Natural wine

Jamie Goode travels east, 8000 years back in time, to visit Georgia and experience wine as it would have been

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Austria Highlights 

Highlights : Hajszan-Neumann 2016 Gemischter Satz Natural, Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Nussberg, Austria

December 30, 2019January 3, 2020 Treve Ring 6866 Views biodynamic, Demeter, Natural wine

With a name like Fritz Wieninger, you have to trust that wine, and Vienna, is in his blood. Fritz is

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glou glou wines
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Glou Glou wines: a tasting and some commentary

December 21, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 10030 Views Natural wine

There’s a category of wines that goes unofficially by the name of Glou Glou. It’s a French term that was

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Burgundy Profiles 

Domaine Robert-Denogent: superb naturally made wines from southern Burgundy

November 27, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 11406 Views Natural wine

Sometimes you visit producers without expectations, and come away with your mind blown. This was one such visit: exciting natural

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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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