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Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category
Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina
Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska
Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska

July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!
Features Latest Loire 

Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!

July 9, 2025 jamiegoode
Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category
Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 jamiegoode
PERU’S NATURAL ABUNDANCE INSPIRED THE INCAS TO WORSHIP THE SOIL AND 16th CENTURY CONQUISTADORS TO PLANT THE FIRST EUROPEAN VINES IN LATIN AMERICA 
Argentina Chile Features Food and wine Latest TOP STORIES 

PERU’S NATURAL ABUNDANCE INSPIRED THE INCAS TO WORSHIP THE SOIL AND 16th CENTURY CONQUISTADORS TO PLANT THE FIRST EUROPEAN VINES IN LATIN AMERICA 

June 27, 2025June 28, 2025 Lisse Garnett
Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 jamiegoode
The new wines from the Marco de Jerez: Sherry and Manzanilla reinvented, by going back to the past
Features Latest Portugal Spain TOP STORIES 

The new wines from the Marco de Jerez: Sherry and Manzanilla reinvented, by going back to the past

June 6, 2025 jamiegoode

Regions

Slovenia: visiting Tement and Domaine Ciringa, where Austria and Slovenia meet.
Austria Features Latest Regions Slovenia 

Slovenia: visiting Tement and Domaine Ciringa, where Austria and Slovenia meet.

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.tement.at/en/ Tement is an important producer in Austrian Styria, but their cellar in Zierreg is right on the border

Slovenia: Vino Gross, in Slovenian Styria
Features Latest Regions Slovenia 

Slovenia: Vino Gross, in Slovenian Styria

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples
California Features Latest Regions 

Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)
Features Portugal Profiles Regions 

Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode
New releases from Savage, one of South Africa’s very top producers
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

New releases from Savage, one of South Africa’s very top producers

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 jamiegoode

Wine science

Vite Maritata: growing vines on trees, and tasting the Lèmme Lèmme from Buondomo
Features Italy Latest Wine Science 

Vite Maritata: growing vines on trees, and tasting the Lèmme Lèmme from Buondomo

July 4, 2025July 5, 2025 jamiegoode

It was a real treat to taste this wine while I was in Tuscany, having seen one of the vineyards

Making art from smell: the peculiar and wonderful Osmodrama
Features Latest Wine Science 

Making art from smell: the peculiar and wonderful Osmodrama

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 jamiegoode
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
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

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

Highlights: Heimann & Fiai Kadarka 2024 Szekszárd, Hungary
Highlights Hungary Latest Videos 

Highlights: Heimann & Fiai Kadarka 2024 Szekszárd, Hungary

June 26, 2025 jamiegoode

Heimann & Fiai are an impressive producer based in Szekszárd, Hungary. This is their Kadarka, a variety that makes beautiful

Video: Just Another Wine Podcast at the Sublime natural wine festival, Berlin
Latest Videos 

Video: Just Another Wine Podcast at the Sublime natural wine festival, Berlin

June 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Mayacamas Chardonnay
California Highlights Latest Videos 

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

May 9, 2025 jamiegoode
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

Features

Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category
Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Chardonnay: a deep dive into this exciting category

July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 jamiegoode

We are so familiar with Chardonnay as an important part of Australia’s wine offering that it’s surprising to learn that

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina
Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska
Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Guerila, an impressive naturally oriented winery in Vipavska

July 10, 2025 jamiegoode
Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!
Features Latest Loire 

Clos d’Entre des Murs: a remarkable walled vineyard in the Loire, full of walls inside!

July 9, 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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