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Rare Champagne 2012
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Highlights: Rare Champagne 2012

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1502 Views

Rare used to be a prestige cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck, but since 2018 has been a stand-alone brand. Since 2011 both

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Isole e Olena and Cepparello: new releases from this important Chianti Classico estate

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 jamiegoode 2396 Views Chianti Classico, Sangiovese

Back in 1956, just as sharecropping was ending, the De Marchi family of Piedmont bought two estates in San Donato,

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Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir: a study in six wines

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 jamiegoode 1593 Views pinot noir

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

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Highlights: Kleine Zalze Heritage Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2023

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1140 Views Chenin Blanc

Reallly good to find a wine like this made from Heritage Chenin vineyards (over 35 years old), part of the

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A mini-Riesling study: Australia, New Zealand, Germany

May 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1520 Views Riesling

These four samples were at hand, so I did a taste and compare. Riesling is such a singular variety. I

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Mayacamas Chardonnay
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Highlights: Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California

May 9, 2025 jamiegoode 2379 Views Chardonnay

Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California13.5% alcohol. This is fine, restrained and pure on the nose with focused

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The 2023 releases from Maison Verget, one of the stars of the Mâconnais

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 jamiegoode 2155 Views Chardonnay

Website: https://www.verget-sa.fr/en/ Julien Desplans (winemaker, pictured above) and Sophie Guffens (daughter of the owner) were in town to show off

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Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode 2281 Views pinot noir

Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery

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Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode 1895 Views Grenache

Tasting the Kin Grenache 2023 from Barossa Valley star winery Alkina who have developed a micro-parcel approach to their vineyard

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Exploring Bulgarian wine (9) Aya Estate

May 5, 2025 jamiegoode 1278 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ Aya is a boutique winery in the Struma Valley. They have two vineyards. The first is Harsovo, near

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 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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