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Features Regions South Africa TOP STORIES 

SOUTH AFRICA LAGS BEHIND EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIC VITICULTURE – 12 PRODUCERS UNITE TO SEEK CHANGE

March 2, 2025September 29, 2025 Lisse Garnett 7326 Views organic

Organic wine movement spearheaded by Radford Dale in South Africa

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: A&D Wines Quinta de Santa Teresa Avesso 2020, Baião, Vinho Verde, Portugal

June 1, 2022August 3, 2022 Treve Ring 4217 Views Avesso, organic, Vinho Verde

A&D Wines is a family estate, run by Alexandre and Dialina Gomes, located in Vinho Verde’s sub region Baião, on

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France Regions Savoie 

The wines of Domaine Vendange, Savoie, France

January 17, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 7385 Views organic, Savoie

Located in Combe de Savoie, on the foothills of the Massif des Bauges, Domaine Vendange stretches over 10 organically farmed

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: A duo of striking reds from 4Kilos

December 29, 2021February 11, 2022 Treve Ring 5445 Views biodynamic, islands, Mallorca, organic

A kilo is old Spanish slang for one million Pesetas, Spain’s former currency. 4 Kilos founders Francesc Grimalt and Sergio

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Koerner Mammolo 2020, Clare Valley, Australia

May 22, 2021August 8, 2021 Treve Ring 5230 Views Amphora, Clare Valley, organic

Brothers Damon and Jono Koerner show classic and alternative Clare varieties through a variety of winemaking vessels and styles, all

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas Albamar Fusco Mencia 2018, Ribeira Sacra, Spain

May 5, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 6512 Views organic

Xurxo Alba’s family has been farming and making Albariño in Rïas Baixas O Salnés region, near the Atlantic Ocean, for

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France Highlights 

Highlights: Clos des Rocs, Mâconnais, Bourgogne, France

March 2, 2021June 8, 2021 Treve Ring 7760 Views organic

Located in the south of the Mâconnais, Fuissé’s Saint-Philibert estate belonged to a family of winegrowers for seven generations before

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Features France Profiles 

Gérard Bertrand’s Virtual Organic French Wine Festival

February 28, 2021March 2, 2021 Treve Ring 8283 Views organic

Gérard Bertrand held a virtual Organic French Wine Festival last week, with invited distributors, media, retailers, and sommeliers tasting through a

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Features

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode

As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable

Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026
Features Germany Latest 

Pfalz Riesling: tasting through some of the top examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode
the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 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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