Been quite busy of late adding new material on to the main part of wineanorak.com. If you travel and taste a lot, the challenge is to write everything up. It’s something I try to do, even if I’m fighting a backlog. Anyway, for those who mostly visit the blog, here are some recent articles.

• Mitolo: impressive wines from Australia’s McLaren Vale
• Felton Road: the stunning 2009 releases from this top Central Otago winery
• Quartz Reef: great wines from Rudi Bauer in New Zealand’s Central Otago
• Naked Wine: Alice Feiring’s important new book reviewed
• Clos du Tue-Boeuf and Puzelat Freres: natural wines from the Loire
• Finch’s Line: wonderful Shiraz from the Hunter Valley
• Valdemar: part 3 of my Rioja series
• Marcel Deiss: report updated with new notes
• How wine is made: an illustrated guide
• Mac Forbes: profile of one of Australia’s most talented winegrowers
• Dirk Niepoort and his remarkable wines: updated with new tasting notes

Pictured top is Rudi Bauer of Quartz Reef conducting a tasting