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The wines of Calder: focusing on California’s heritage varieties

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 jamiegoode 5563 Views

Website: https://calder.securecheckout.com/ Calder is the label of Rory Williams, son of John Williams of Frog’s Leap. Rory’s day job is

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Some top wines from Corney & Barrow

October 11, 2021March 11, 2022 jamiegoode 6422 Views

I recently tried these wines from London-based wine merchant Corney & Barrow. Some real highlights, including a gorgeous natural Beaujolais,

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Features Italy Latest 

Spotlight on Barolo from the 2017 vintage: 59 wines tasted

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 9688 Views

I tasted these 59 Barolos at an excellent tasting of Barolo, Barbaresco and Langhe Nebbiolo held a month ago at

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Wine in cans: technical issues

October 8, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 18293 Views

Canned wine is taking off, but it turns out not to be so simple from a technical perspective. Jamie Goode

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Iconic Wineries of British Columbia: tasting some of the Okanagan’s top wines

October 7, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 12239 Views okanagan

Anthony Von Mandl’s empire of high-end BC wineries continues to grow and evolve. Jamie Goode tastes through some of their

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Italy Profiles 

The wines of Cortese, Sicily

October 3, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 6706 Views Sicily

Website: https://www.agricolacortese.com/ After protracted negotiations, Stefano and Marina Girelli purchased Cortese from Giovanno Cortese in 2016. It’s a wine estate

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Trullo, Islington, London

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5786 Views Restaurants

Trullo describes itself as a British take on Italian cooking. I went for lunch with a bottle of Foillard Côte

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Behind the scenes at Cramele Recas: Romania’s remarkable wine success story

September 30, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 13213 Views

Back in 1998, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania. They started with 650 hectares of scraggly

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Bistrot Le Nautique Narbonne, France

September 26, 2021July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 7173 Views Restaurants

12 Rue des Nautiquards, 11100 Narbonne, FrancePhone: +33 4 68 91 53 73 This is a real find. It’s a

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Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 6139 Views Sicily

Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the

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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya

September 23, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
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Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 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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