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Yarra Valley (4) Jayden Ong Wines

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 970 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://jaydenong.com/ ‘I don’t like following rules,’ says Jayden Ong (pictured above) as I meet him in his winery and

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Yarra Valley: exploring this important Australian wine region

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 939 Views Yarra Valley

The Yarra Valley was for a long time the land of the Wurundjeri people, and the history of human occupation

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Hungarian wines at Georgie’s Ruin Bar

October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 629 Views

Ruin Bars are a special feature of Budapest nightlife. They started up in the early 2000s as impromptu bars in

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Goguette: designer, made-in-France wine fridges for epicureans

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 736 Views

Storing wine is an issue for wine lovers and collectors. Of course, most wines are drunk within a few days

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Goode’s Crib Sheets: No 1. Japanese wineries

October 24, 2025January 5, 2026 jamiegoode 648 Views

This is the first of my crib sheets, and it was prompted by South African winegrower Mick Craven asking me

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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 jamiegoode 1554 Views Business of wine

So here’s a story about a famous Champagne house and the pricing of their NV blend. I’m not naming them

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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of

October 22, 2025November 16, 2025 jamiegoode 2285 Views Restaurants

In his book The Greek House: the story of a painter’s love affair with the island of Sifnos, Christian Brechneff

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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro

October 22, 2025November 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1825 Views Restaurants

Day two began with an early morning swim, then we headed off to Platis (sometimes ‘Ptays’) Giallos, where we had

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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas

October 22, 2025November 17, 2025 jamiegoode 901 Views Restaurants

Sifnos is a gem. In an age of over-tourism, here’s an island that still feels untouched, although I suspect anyone

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making wine in talha in the alentejo
Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: the traditional talha winemaking at José de Sousa in the Alentejo, wine without electricity made in time-honoured fashion

October 21, 2025 jamiegoode 1962 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Yesterday one of the wines I included in my Alentejo tasting at an event in Kew Gardens was the talha

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Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Features Latest Oregon 

Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley

February 8, 2026February 8, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.grochaucellars.com/ John Grochau started his winery in 2002, initially using his own name, but later switching it to GC

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery
Features Latest South Africa 

Boekenhoutskloof: a vertical of Semillon, and the 2023 new releases from this top South African winery

February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 jamiegoode
Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries
Features Latest Oregon 

Adelsheim, one of the pioneering Oregon wineries

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery
Chile Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery

February 4, 2026February 4, 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.

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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