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Arnot Roberts

March 6, 2016October 6, 2019 jamiegoode 5657 Views

Elegant, balanced single vineyard wines from one of California’s most exciting small wineries Website: arnotroberts.com Arnot Roberts is a collaboration between

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Champagne Profiles Regions 

Visiting Champagne Jacques Selosse, with Anselme Selosse

March 24, 2015January 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6521 Views champagne

Selosse is different. And brilliant. It was great to be able to visit this celebrated grower, who in turn has

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Wine Science 

Stems and whole bunches in red winemaking: a hot topic

March 24, 2015September 19, 2019 jamiegoode 5284 Views

Jamie Goode takes a closer look at the deliberate choice by many winemakers to leave the stems in their red

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Learning to taste

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 6422 Views

It sounds a bit silly instructing people how to drink wine. I’m assuming that most people are familiar with the

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New to wine 

Sniff my wine: what the nose tells us

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 4174 Views

Take a good sniff of your wine. We get a lot of information from our noses in tasting. In fact,

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Does knowledge enhance the enjoyment of wine?

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 4512 Views

I once went to a lecture by an eminent philosopher who also happened to be a bit of a wine

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Oregon Profiles 

Beckham Estate: great Oregon wines, plus amphorae

March 24, 2015October 20, 2019 jamiegoode 4649 Views

Andrew and Annedria Beckham are making some of Oregon’s most compelling wines, and they have a great story, too. I

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What to look for in a wine

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 5866 Views

I’ve talked in earlier ‘new to wine’ articles about how to approach wine tasting, and what the ‘nose’ of a

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Champagne Profiles Regions 

Champagne Ulysse Collin: visiting and tasting with one of the region’s new stars

March 24, 2015October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 6090 Views

Visiting the Champagne region: a conversation and tasting with Olivier Collin This was a brilliant visit with the dramatic, expressive

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Jura Profiles Regions 

Visiting Ganevat in the Jura: a sort of pilgrimage

March 24, 2015October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 7606 Views

The wines of Jean-François Ganevat   Visiting one of the Jura’s star producers  We arrived in the small hamlet of La

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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (4) Kastro and Cantina, Loggia reprise
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (4) Kastro and Cantina, Loggia reprise

November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 jamiegoode

The second day in Kastro. We walk into the village and then take a path down to view the famous

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

North Canterbury, New Zealand (3) Black Estate

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 jamiegoode
North Canterbury, New Zealand (2) Dancing Water, a newcomer
Features Latest New Zealand 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (2) Dancing Water, a newcomer

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 jamiegoode
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

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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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