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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Niepoort Batuta 2018 Douro, Portugal

November 21, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6710 Views Douro

Dirk Niepoort is, for me, one of the most important winegrowers globally (there’s a review of his work from a

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Australia Features Regions 

Tasmanian Pinot Noir: a study

November 20, 2020November 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8246 Views

A small island 240 km south of Victoria is making some of Australia’s most sought after Chardonnay and sparkling wine.

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Burgundy Highlights 

The remarkable Simone from Château de Pommard

November 19, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 8925 Views

I get invited to a lot of Zoom tastings. This was another, and while I’ve been impressed with the wines

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Wine Science 

Does your sense of taste and smell improve with practice?

November 19, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8558 Views

For eight days in November, I was judging wine for the International Wine Challenge. As one of the co-chairs, I

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Champagne Features 

Champagne Billecart-Salmon’s Brut Nature, Sous Bois and Cuvée Louis Salmon

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 jamiegoode 10022 Views

Jamie Goode tastes three of the top wines from Champagne Billecart-Salmon with Mathieu Roland-Billecart, who since 2019 has been CEO

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TOP STORIES Wine Science 

Explaining reduction, and dispelling some myths

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 jamiegoode 33965 Views

One of the most interesting of all wine faults is reduction. But it’s a source of a lot of confusion

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Altolandon Bobal Extreme 2018 Manchuela, Spain

November 15, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6397 Views

Bobal! You might be surprised to learn that this is Spain’s second-most planted red grape variety after Tempranillo. It’s found

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South Africa Videos 

Video: what’s next for sustainability in South Africa’s wine regions?

November 13, 2020 jamiegoode 5896 Views

Yesterday I took part in a session for Wines of South Africa on sustainability, with a really great group of

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Recovering the magic of El Marco: back to the sherry vineyards, and old ways of making wines

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 jamiegoode 7796 Views sherry

Jamie Goode visits Bodegas Luiz Perez, and meets Willy Perez, who is on a mission to recover the great sherries

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Features New Zealand 

Remembering Mike Weersing, an American who brought something special to New Zealand’s fine wine dimension

November 12, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 12659 Views

Jamie Goode pays tribute to Mike Weersing, an inspiring biodynamic winegrower who established a remarkable vineyard in North Canterbury, New

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Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile
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Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: There’s natural wine and there’s natural wine. I had a very special visit to Viñedos Herrera Alvarado with Carolina

Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile
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Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile

November 8, 2025 jamiegoode
In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
Chile Features Latest 

In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 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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