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Highlights Oregon 

Highlights: Bergström Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir 2014 Yamhill-Carlton, Oregon

June 28, 2020July 5, 2020 jamiegoode 4042 Views pinot noir

Bergström changed styles a few years back from big, ripe wines to wines showing more poised and balance. A smart

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Bourgogne-Deveaux Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune ‘La Perriere’ 2017

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 jamiegoode 5317 Views pinot noir

This is a lovely Hautes-Côtes wine. This is an interesting region of Bourgogne. The Hautes-Côtes are split in two (Beaune

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Germany Highlights 

Highlights: Alte Vogtei Spätburgunder 2018 from Baden – amazing value

May 3, 2020May 14, 2020 jamiegoode 7554 Views pinot noir

I’m often reviewing fancy wines here. So it’s nice to find a wine for the people – in this case,

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Neudorf Tom’s Block Pinot Noir 2017

April 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6209 Views Nelson, pinot noir

Neudorf are the undisputed stars of New Zealand’s Nelson wine region. And this wine, Tom’s Block Pinot Noir, is really

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Canada Features 

Canadian Pinot Noir, a seminar

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 jamiegoode 7260 Views pinot noir

Pinot Noir has found a home in Canada’s wine regions. Last July, Treve Ring and I led a seminar on

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New Zealand 

Highlights: Kusuda Pinot Noir 2012, Martinborough

February 20, 2020March 15, 2020 jamiegoode 5613 Views Martinborough, pinot noir

New Zealand’s most sought-after Pinot Noir? It could well be Hiroyuki Kusuda’s, from Martinborough. He moved to New Zealand with

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Burgundy Profiles 

Domaine de Thalie: characterful organic wines from the Mâconnais, Bourgogne

February 10, 2020February 15, 2020 jamiegoode 9914 Views Chardonnay, Gamay, pinot noir, syrah

Peter Gierszewski created Domaine de Thalie, in the Mâcon region of Bourgogne, a decade ago. He now has 4.5 hectares

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California 

Some fine Californian wines from UK importer Roberson

December 28, 2019 jamiegoode 5653 Views pinot noir, syrah

Roberson wine have, for some time now, been championing new-wave Californian wines in the UK, and they have gathered an

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Ochota Barrels 2018 Home… Pinot Noir

December 23, 2019January 16, 2020 Treve Ring 5361 Views Adelaide Hills, pinot noir

After making it through the impressive/annoying two layers and colours of wax (so pretty though), this incredibly spicy, tight and

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Dom Maxwell
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Dom Maxwell of Greystone, the vineyard ferment guy

November 17, 2019November 20, 2019 jamiegoode 9471 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

Jamie Goode catches up with Dom Maxwell, winemaker at Greystone in New Zealand’s Waipara wine region, to taste his wines

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Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
California Features Latest 

Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.anthillfarms.com/ Anthill Farms began with 8 barrels of wine in 2024, and was started by three winemakers who’d met

The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
Features Latest 

The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
Features Portugal 

The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode
New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 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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