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California Features Regions 

California does Rhône: 20 top wines tasted

April 11, 2022 jamiegoode 12400 Views

The Californian climate (and I realize this is a generalization) seems well suited to grape varieties from the Rhône, and

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: David & Nadia Grenache 2018 Swartland, South Africa

April 10, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5141 Views

Grenache has a good future in the Western Cape, I reckon. David and Nadia Sadie are making some really impressive

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Regions Rhone Videos 

Video: Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône, Avignon

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 jamiegoode 3995 Views

The Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône is a great chance to discover what’s happening with Rhône Valley wines. It’s held

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Features Rhone 

50 years of Gigondas

April 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5347 Views

www.gigondas-vin.com Gigondas celebrated its 50th year as an appellation with dinner at La Mirande, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Avignon. We

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Regions Romania 

Visiting Domeniul Bogdan, Romania’s first biodynamic winery

April 1, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5700 Views

Website: https://domeniulbogdan.ro/en/ Bogdan is began a decade ago in 2011, and is based in the Murtafala region of Romania. The

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Features Italy 

The wines of Piero Busso, Barbaresco

March 30, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 8310 Views piedmont

I tasted through this range with Pierguido Busso, son of the current owner Piero Busso, and grandson of the founder,

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Canada Features Profiles 

New releases from Okanagan Crush Pad – one of Canada’s most interesting wineries

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 jamiegoode 7561 Views okanagan

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste the new wines from Haywire/Okanagan Crush Pad Canada is an interesting place for wine

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Features Japan 

Gunma Craft Sake: tasting a range of sakes from six breweries from the Gunma prefecture

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 jamiegoode 6632 Views sake

Gunma is a land-locked prefecture located almost at the centre of the country. It has a reputation for its natural

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Features Regions Spain 

Lustau celebrates 125 years with a trio of exceptional Sherries

March 24, 2022 jamiegoode 5126 Views Jerez, sherry

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, reknowned Sherry house Lustau have released three special Sherries: three cities and three types of

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New to wine Wine Science 

The science of old vines

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 jamiegoode 30299 Views

It’s wonderful to see an old vineyard. The vines, with their gnarly trunks, have been growing and producing grapes for

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Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed
Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.hazendal.co.za/ Hazendal is a historic wine farm in the Bottelary Hills subregion of Stellenbosch that has been transformed. It

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 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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