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South Africa TOP STORIES Videos 

Video: Stompie’s new home in the Swartland – visiting Platteklip

April 16, 2020 jamiegoode 5411 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Stompie Meyer’s new place. He’s got a new home for JH Meyer wines and

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

April 15, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5407 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive sparkling wine from England. The vineyard is 6.5 hectares planted in 2006, on chalk soils of the

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6455 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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Features Wine Science 

‘Tressage’: an alternative to hedging vines, that claims to have some benefits

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 jamiegoode 16726 Views Viticulture

In viticulture, a widely practiced form of leaf removal is hedging of the canopies, taking off the developing shoots at

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California TOP STORIES Videos 

Harvesting Chardonnay in Carneros, Napa

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 jamiegoode 6069 Views Carneros, Chardonnay, Napa

In September 2015 I joined the Truchard winery in Carneros, Napa Valley, for some harvest experience, picking and processing Chardonnay

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Tawse Quarry Road Chardonnay 2011 Niagara, Canada

April 11, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6421 Views Chardonnay

Jamie Goode tastes an 8 year old Chardonnay from Canada’s Niagara wine region. It’s the Tawse Quarry Road from Vinemount

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Champagne Features 

Non-vintage Champagne: comparing five top examples

April 11, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 24273 Views

Last week I watched an Instagram live session organized by Champagne retailer The Finest Bubble. Champagne expert Essi Avellan led

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Tastings in the time of ISO

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 jamiegoode 5195 Views

These times of isolation have led to a proliferation of virtual meet-ups, using various tools. There’s Zoom with its security

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Features Portugal TOP STORIES 

Made in clay (2): Talha day, a festival of amphora wines

April 8, 2020January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 6100 Views Amphora

Here are the rest of our notes for wines tasted at Amphora Wine Day in the Alentejo in November 2019.

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Highlights Portugal Videos 

Highlights: Fita Preta Touriga Vai Nui Unoaked 2019 Alentejo, Portugal

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 jamiegoode 5552 Views Alentejo

This is fab – from winemaker António Maçanita, it’s wild ferment, bottled early, capturing the character of the variety so

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North Canterbury, New Zealand (3) Black Estate
Features Latest New Zealand 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (3) Black Estate

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 jamiegoode

I’ve visited Black Estate a few times before, and I’ve always liked the wines. Low-intervention winemaking at its best. Black

New Zealand’s North Canterbury region is making some of the country’s most interesting wines (1) introduction
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

New Zealand’s North Canterbury region is making some of the country’s most interesting wines (1) introduction

November 14, 2025 jamiegoode
Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile
Chile Features Latest 

Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile
Chile Features Latest Regions 

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

November 8, 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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