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California Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

New (2024 vintage) releases from Jamie Kutch, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 jamiegoode 16044 Views pinot noir

Website: Kutch Wines (includes videos of the vineyards) Over the last few years Jamie Kutch has emerged as one of

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Drappier Premier Cru 2013

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 jamiegoode 880 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-drappier.com/en/ I can’t find any information on this cuvée, so maybe it’s a special for Cathay Pacific. It’s in

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Digital aggregation and the quiet restructuring of Europe’s fine wine distribution

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 jamiegoode 780 Views

[Please note: this is a sponsored article authored by a third party.] The European wine market has always been fragmented

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Inside Burgundy: a tasting with Jasper Morris, one of the top experts of the region

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 jamiegoode 3863 Views

Website: https://insideburgundy.com/ Jasper Morris is one of the most well-known commentators on Burgundy. [He is also one of the nicest

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Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 jamiegoode 1199 Views Bolgheri, Tuscany

Website: https://www.ornellaia.com/en/ Denise is winemaker at Ornellaia, so it was great to have a chance to do a vertical of

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Australia Features Latest Regions 

Australia’s old vine heritage – a masterclass showing some Aussie classics

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 jamiegoode 1833 Views Barossa, Margaret River, McLaren Vale

Australia has an amazing fine wine dimension, and those not familiar with Australian wine sometimes don’t realize the extent of

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China Features Food and wine Latest 

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode 868 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at

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China Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Renyiyuan Tao Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Ningxia, China

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 jamiegoode 799 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best Chinese wines I’ve tasted. It’s from Renyiyuan Vineyard, which was established in 2010 in

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Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode 1175 Views

Flying out to Hong Kong today so I did a lounge raid (T5 BA first class lounge – because of

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Books Japan Latest 

Books: an impressive guide to Japanese Wine from Nick Rowan

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 1316 Views

Japanese Wine: History, Regions, Wineries By Nick Rowan Wine Fogg, 2025, website https://winefogg.com/ I’ve visited Japanese wine regions several times,

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
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The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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