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Austria Features Latest 

10 superb organic Austrian wines

January 30, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 12567 Views Austria

Austria is an interesting country for wine at the moment. Here are notes on 10 organic Austrian wines that I

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Beaujolais Profiles 

Marc Delienne, a new natural winegrower in Fleurie

January 29, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 14282 Views Gamay, Natural wine

Beaujolais is a hotspot for natural wine, and one of the new names here is Marc Delienne in Fleurie. Jamie

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Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Gérmar Breton Rosé NV

January 29, 2020 jamiegoode 6018 Views champagne

I bumped into this grower Champagne, Gérmar Breton, previously unknown to me, at the Mampuku restaurant in Bordeaux. It was

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California Features TOP STORIES 

Abe Schoener: the thought-leader vigneron, opening a new urban winery in LA

January 27, 2020March 31, 2022 jamiegoode 13561 Views

Abe Schoener, ex-philosophy professor, is the winemaker behind the Scholium Project, an innovative Californian micronegociant winery that’s hard to put

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Quinta do Noval Petit Verdot 2016, Douro

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 jamiegoode 5799 Views Douro, Petit Verdot

Why would you plant Petit Verdot in the Douro? It’s a region that already has a host of well adapted

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Food and wine 

London restaurants: Folie

January 25, 2020 jamiegoode 7412 Views Restaurants

Jamie Goode experiences a slice of Mayfair in Soho, at fancy new arrival Folie. I lunched at Guillaume Depoix’s relatively

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Alsace Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Ostertag ‘Les Jardins’ Riesling 2018 Alsace

January 24, 2020January 30, 2020 jamiegoode 7640 Views Riesling

Biodynamic since 1997, André Ostertag is one of the stars of the Alsace wine region. Since 2017, he’s handed over

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Food and wine Latest 

London drinking: Bedales

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 jamiegoode 7525 Views

Jamie Goode checks out Bedales, a chain of three wine bars with an eclectic selection of wines I’ve been in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Ramōn Bilbao Viñedos de Altura 2016 Rioja

January 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5561 Views Rioja

It’s encouraging to see fresher, more vital, terroir-style wines from Rioja. This was good. Ramōn Bilbao Viñedos de Altura 2016

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Champagne Features TOP STORIES 

The six Lieu Dits Champagnes from Selosse

January 20, 2020 jamiegoode 23754 Views

Anselme Selosse is a legendary producer in the Champagne region, and his collection of six Lieu Dit wines are astonishing,

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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
Features Latest Spain 

Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya

September 23, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
Features Germany Latest 

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 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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