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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
Australia Features Latest 

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode
Highlights: Kleine Zalze Heritage Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2023
Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Kleine Zalze Heritage Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2023

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 jamiegoode
A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany
Australia Features Germany Latest New Zealand 

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Mayacamas Chardonnay
California Highlights Latest Videos 

Highlights: Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California

May 9, 2025 jamiegoode
Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries
California Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode
What I really think about scoring wine, and explaining why the scores on this site are in a tight band?
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

What I really think about scoring wine, and explaining why the scores on this site are in a tight band?

April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 jamiegoode
Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be
Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode
Does English wine age backwards?
England Features Latest Sparkling wine TOP STORIES 

Does English wine age backwards?

April 21, 2025April 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

Regions

Visiting Abe Schoener and the Los Angeles River Wine Co, an urban winery in Los Angeles
California Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Abe Schoener and the Los Angeles River Wine Co, an urban winery in Los Angeles

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://scholium.securecheckout.com/ In August 2019 I visited Abe Schoener right at the beginning of the Los Angeles River Wine Company.

2022 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Latest New Zealand Regions 

2022 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode
Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces
Features Latest Regions Rhone 

Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces

April 23, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode
The wines of Kamil Barczentewicz, a leading light from Poland
Features Latest Poland Regions 

The wines of Kamil Barczentewicz, a leading light from Poland

April 10, 2025 jamiegoode
La Nouvelle Garde is an organization that brings together the next generation of Crozes-Hermitage, and they threw a party
Features Latest Regions Rhone 

La Nouvelle Garde is an organization that brings together the next generation of Crozes-Hermitage, and they threw a party

April 3, 2025April 4, 2025 jamiegoode

Wine science

New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an

California exploration: Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine with Mikey and Gina Giugni
California Features Wine Science 

California exploration: Scar of the Sea and Lady of the Sunshine with Mikey and Gina Giugni

December 11, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode
Cork versus screwcap: a major tasting including older wines, with some interesting results
Features Latest Wine Science 

Cork versus screwcap: a major tasting including older wines, with some interesting results

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 jamiegoode
Alcohol, health, the social licence of drinking and neo-prohibitionism – an important topic for the wine trade to engage with
Features Wine Science 

Alcohol, health, the social licence of drinking and neo-prohibitionism – an important topic for the wine trade to engage with

November 12, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode

New to wine

Champagne: an introduction
Champagne Features New to wine 

Champagne: an introduction

May 28, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode

Champagne makes the world’s most famous sparkling wines. Here’s a brief introduction to the region and its wines. Where is

What is a grape variety? What is a clone? Unpacking the science
New to wine Wine Science 

What is a grape variety? What is a clone? Unpacking the science

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 jamiegoode
Pét-Nat: A Primer
Austria Beaujolais Canada Features France Italy New to wine 

Pét-Nat: A Primer

December 22, 2022January 23, 2023 Treve Ring
Bringing up a wine: the art of élevage in winemaking
Features New to wine 

Bringing up a wine: the art of élevage in winemaking

November 17, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode

Videos

Short films from around the world of wine

Mayacamas Chardonnay
California Highlights Latest Videos 

Highlights: Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California

May 9, 2025 jamiegoode

Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California13.5% alcohol. This is fine, restrained and pure on the nose with focused

Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley
Australia Videos 

Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode
Video: Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards 2025
China Videos 

Video: Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards 2025

March 16, 2025 jamiegoode
Video: visiting Raj Parr at Phelan Farms in Cambria, California
California Videos 

Video: visiting Raj Parr at Phelan Farms in Cambria, California

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 jamiegoode

Features

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines
Australia Features Latest 

Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany
Australia Features Germany Latest New Zealand 

A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode
The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais
Burgundy Features Latest 

The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries
California Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 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.

This is an explanation of what an anorak is.

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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