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Pet Nat

Features Germany Latest TOP STORIES 

At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out

November 28, 2025January 23, 2026 jamiegoode 2529 Views Agroforestry, Natural wine, Pet Nat

As part of the Porto Protocol Living Vineyards tour 2025, I visited Staffelter Hof, a winery looking to produce a

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Portugal Videos 

Video: disgorging and bottling Pet Nat at Folias de Baco winery in Portugal’s Douro

July 7, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4708 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Pet Nat is a popular style of sparkling wine these days. The name stands for Petillant Naturel, and the process

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Wildman Wine Heavy Petting Pét-Nat 2018 Riverland, Australia

July 3, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 6274 Views Pet Nat

Tim Wildman was a wine merchant, passed the MW exams, and headed off to Australia. As well as running James

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Fizzy Bum Bum Pet Nat 2019 Cornwall, England

May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7346 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Few will get to try this micro-production wine, but I wanted to include it here, because it shows how good

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Features

Quinta da Pellada/Quinta de Saes: the Castros are doing something special in Portugal’s Dão region
Features Latest Portugal 

Quinta da Pellada/Quinta de Saes: the Castros are doing something special in Portugal’s Dão region

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.quintadapellada.com/ Alvaro Castro and his daughter Maria have been very important in the modern Dão story. They have two

woodfine wine england
England Features Latest Regions Wine Science 

Woodfine: radically natural wines and ciders from a farm on the edge of the Chilterns who have measured the impact of their regenerative approach

March 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Tasting a wide range of Swedish wines
Features Latest Sweden 

Tasting a wide range of Swedish wines

March 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Álvar de Dios: making exceptional wines in Arribes, Toro and Zamora, Spain
Features Latest Regions Spain 

Álvar de Dios: making exceptional wines in Arribes, Toro and Zamora, Spain

March 15, 2026March 14, 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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