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Highlights Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 4337 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

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Profiles Washington State 

Washington State wine: Gramercy Cellars, Walla Walla

March 12, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 9445 Views syrah

Greg Harrington has the coveted Master Sommelier (MS) qualification (he got it aged just 26), and in 2005 he started

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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Le Vieux Pin, La Stella, Artakama: star wineries from Canada’s Okanagan

February 19, 2020December 23, 2024 jamiegoode 13260 Views bc wine, british columbia, canada, okanagan, syrah

I visited Le Vieux Pin in late August 2020, and tasted through current and upcoming releases with Severine and assistant

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Burgundy Profiles 

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

February 10, 2020February 15, 2020 jamiegoode 10696 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 6089 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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Profiles South of France 

Mas des Brousses: a leading domaine in the Terrasses du Larzac

December 6, 2019December 16, 2019 jamiegoode 10423 Views Languedoc, Mourvedre, syrah, Terrasses du Larzac

Jamie Goode visits the spectacular Terrasses du Larzac where he catches up with Xavier Peyraud and Géraldine Combes at their

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Features New Zealand 

The Gimblett Gravels 2017 reds selection

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019 jamiegoode 8281 Views syrah

2017 was a tricky vintage in the Hawke’s Bay wine region. How did the red wines from the famed Gimblett

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Highlights 

Nichol Syrah Old Vines 2017 Naramata, Okanagan, Canada

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 jamiegoode 5739 Views canada, okanagan, syrah

Nichol Syrah Old Vines 2017 Naramata, Okanagan, CanadaThis wine is made from 17 rows of Syrah that are the oldest plantings

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (13) Pamplemousse Jus

August 31, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.pamplemoussejus.ca/ We need more wineries like this! Pamplemousse Jus is a small winery based on a farm in the

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Singburi, amazing Thai food in Shoreditch, London, and a short but great wine list

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (12) Haywire and Garnet Valley Ranch

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley
Canada Features Highlights 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Solvero in Garnet Valley

August 27, 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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