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Features Latest Regions Slovenia 

Slovenia: Vino Gross, in Slovenian Styria

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1578 Views

Website: https://www.vinogross.com/ Last time I visited Vino Gross I spent time in the vineyards of Haloze, and then tasted in

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Features Latest Slovenia 

In Slovenia, with Velika Lega, a new wine classification for Slovenia’s top wineries

June 29, 2025July 18, 2025 jamiegoode 1158 Views

Website: https://velikalega.com/about-us/ Slovenia is an interesting and diverse wine country. It’s a small country with some important neighbours, and a

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Features Food and wine Latest Portugal 

Locals and Nomads, a natural wine bar in Lisbon

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 jamiegoode 1659 Views

Website: https://localsandnomads.com/ Locals and Nomads is a small naturally focused wine bar in Lisbon. I had a gap in my

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Highlights Hungary Latest Videos 

Highlights: Heimann & Fiai Kadarka 2024 Szekszárd, Hungary

June 26, 2025 jamiegoode 3039 Views

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

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Features Latest Wine Science 

Making art from smell: the peculiar and wonderful Osmodrama

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 jamiegoode 1921 Views

Website: https://osmodrama.com/ Smell is an underrated sense. It’s often relegated in the hierarchy of senses to the bottom rung, but

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Features Germany Latest 

Bassermann-Jordan: tasting the wines from this historic Pfalz estate, now farming organically

June 24, 2025 jamiegoode 1225 Views Pfalz, Riesling

Geheimer Rat von Bassermann-Jordan, Pfalz, Germany Website: https://www.bassermann-jordan.de/ Bassermann-Jordan is an organic producer based in Diedersheim in Germany’s Pfalz wine

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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France

June 22, 2025 jamiegoode 1373 Views

Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 63% Chardonnay and 37% Pinot Noir, disgorged in January

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Features Latest Spain 

Finca Allende: the bold Rioja project of teacher-turned-vigneron Miguel Ángel de Gregorio

June 21, 2025June 21, 2025 jamiegoode 1449 Views Rioja

Website: http://www.finca-allende.com/en/ Finca Allende is a top Rioja winery with a single-vineyard focus. Miguel Ángel de Gregorio was in town

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2022 Martinborough, New Zealand

June 19, 2025 jamiegoode 1290 Views Martinborough, pinot noir

Website: https://atarangi.co.nz/ Ata Rangi are one of New Zealand’s top producers, and were one of the pioneers of the Martinborough

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California Features Latest Regions 

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

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 jamiegoode 8894 Views Zinfandel

My first real encounter with Zinfandel was reading an excellent book by US author David Darlington, titled Angels’ Visits, and

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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025October 26, 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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