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Terrasses du Larzac, a mini study of this important Languedoc AOC

April 28, 2025April 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1545 Views Terrasses du Larzac

Website: https://terrasses-du-larzac.com/en/home/ Terrasses du Larzac is an AOC in the Languedoc that was established just over a decade ago, in

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Highlights: Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England

April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 jamiegoode 958 Views

Website: https://nyetimber.com/ Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England12% alcohol. Thanks to the code on the label you can find out

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Argentina Features Latest 

Zuccardi: some more affordable wines from this top Argentine producer

April 27, 2025 jamiegoode 951 Views

Familia Zuccardi make a wide range of wines, from super high-end to more affordable. Here’s a collection of some of

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Why we should stop writing about writing about wine

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1857 Views

I fully realise the irony of the intent of this piece. By arguing that we should stop writing about wine

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Australia Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 6664 Views pinot noir

Back in November I attended the Pinot Massif, which is a get-together for winemakers in Australia who are working with

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Latest New Zealand Regions 

2022 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 14909 Views hawkes bay

The Gimblett Gravels is a special sub-region in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. As the name suggests, the

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Features Latest Regions Rhone 

Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces

April 23, 2025April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1690 Views

Website: https://www.beaumesdevenise-aoc.fr/ Beaumes de Venise is a small cru in the southern Rhône that describes itself as a terroir with

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Features Latest Poland 

Polish wine exploration: Winnica Silesian

April 23, 2025 jamiegoode 1480 Views

Winnica Silesian is a winery in lower Silesian, Poland, and it’s run by Ebsen Madsen (pictured above), a climate scientist

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Highlights: a 21 year old Mondeuse from Louis Magnin in the Savoie

April 22, 2025 jamiegoode 839 Views mondeuse

Domaine Louis Magnin Savoie Arbin Mondeuse Vielles Vignes 2003 Savoie, France12.5% alcohol. This Mondeuse was raised in stainless steel. It

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Australia Features Latest 

Some affordable Australian wines from Yalumba and Oxford Landing

April 22, 2025 jamiegoode 825 Views

Website: https://www.oxfordlanding.com/en/story/ https://www.yalumba.com/ Yalumba are an important winery for Australia. Based in the Barossa they make some impressive high end

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
California Features Latest Rhone 

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
Features Latest 

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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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