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Features Spain 

Leo Gramona: interviewing the next generation of one of Spain’s leading sparkling wine producers

January 30, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 8707 Views Corpinnat, Sparkling wine

Gramona, who recently left DO Cava to be founding members of Corpinnat, is one of Spain’s elite sparkling wine houses.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England

January 25, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5995 Views Sparkling wine

Gusbourne Blanc de Blancs 2016 England12% alcohol. This is from two vineyards. One is in Appeldore in Kent and is

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Champagne England Features 

English Sparkling Wine vs Champagne

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 jamiegoode 11579 Views Sparkling wine

Here are the results of Noble Rot’s Second English Sparkling wine versus Champagne blind tasting, which was recently held in

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England

October 13, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6040 Views Sparkling wine

Roebuck Estates is new to me (they are a relatively new arrival on the UK wine scene), but I was

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Brazil Highlights 

Highlights: Casa Valduga 130 Blanc de Blanc NV Vale dos Vinhedos, Brazil

August 10, 2020 jamiegoode 5220 Views Sparkling wine

This is an ambitious sparkling wine from Casa Valduga in Vale dos Vinhedos, Serra Gaucha, Brazil. I really liked the

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Features Italy 

A quick Franciacorta study

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 6065 Views Sparkling wine

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Fizzy Bum Bum Pet Nat 2019 Cornwall, England

May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7598 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 South Africa TOP STORIES 

Méthode Cap Classique Report

May 22, 2020June 4, 2021 Treve Ring 21514 Views Sparkling wine

Goode and Ring report on South Africa’s most vibrant wine category: MCC (for Méthode Cap Classique, the name used for

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England Features Profiles 

Rathfinny, one of England’s top sparkling wine producers

May 16, 2020 jamiegoode 10127 Views Sparkling wine

It has been 10 years since Mark and Sarah Driver first bought the land that is now Rathfinny Estate, one

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Books Champagne 

Review: Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine

May 7, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 11114 Views Sparkling wine

This is the new (2019) edition of the most comprehensive guide to sparkling wine, a category that’s exciting at the

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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