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Beaujolais Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Chapel Beaujolais Villages 2018

April 21, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 7579 Views Gamay

I visited David Chapel and Michel-Smith Chapel in their new winery in 2018. They’d only recently started out: 2016 was

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (2) in the cellar, and tasting the wines

April 20, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 16666 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste with Eben Sadie, and visit the winery where some of South Africa’s most sought-after

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England Videos 

Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5605 Views Chardonnay

The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late

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Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Rougeot ‘Les Plumes’ Bourgogne Aligoté 2018

April 19, 2020 jamiegoode 7999 Views

This is from a 1.5 hectare vineyard next to Meursault, planted in 1974. Pierre-Henri Rougeot bottles the whole lot without

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Wine Science 

Ropiness in wine, a new fault for me

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 31028 Views wine fault

There are faults you read about but you’ve never experienced. Here I experience ropiness for the first time, in a

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Latest Profiles Uruguay 

In Uruguay: De Lucca

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 jamiegoode 6868 Views

Jamie Goode visits De Lucca in Uruguay’s main wine region, Canelones. The family influence is Italian, but Dr Reinaldo De

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South Africa TOP STORIES Videos 

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

April 16, 2020 jamiegoode 5978 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 6022 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 7036 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 20060 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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Santuvario, a natural wine producer in Alto Piemonte, Italy
Features Italy Latest 

Santuvario, a natural wine producer in Alto Piemonte, Italy

October 16, 2026 jamiegoode

Santuvario is a small natural wine producer based in the town of Borgomanero in Alto Piemonte, at the foot of

Otrepò Pavese Classese: tasting through a large range of these impressive Pinot Noir-based sparkling wines from northwest Italy
Features Italy Latest Regions Sparkling wine 

Otrepò Pavese Classese: tasting through a large range of these impressive Pinot Noir-based sparkling wines from northwest Italy

October 15, 2026October 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed
Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode
Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode

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About Us

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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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