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New to wine 

The grapes and the geography

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 jamiegoode 9533 Views

There are two rather different ways to approach wine. Both are needed. Continuing in my somewhat meandering journey into wine,

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John Seccombe
Latest Profiles South Africa 

Thorne & Daughters, some of South Africa’s finest whites

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 jamiegoode 9916 Views

John Seccombe’s Thorne & Daughters wines draw on some top Cape vineyards and show amazing finesse John Seccombe is the

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Big can be good: visiting Trapiche, Argentina’s largest producer

October 16, 2019October 26, 2019 jamiegoode 11658 Views mendoza

Trapiche, part of the Peñaflor group, was founded in 1883 and is now Argentina’s largest producer. Often with wine, small

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Food and wine Travel 

A wine matching dinner with Mercian wines at the Saito Hotel

October 16, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 7458 Views Japan

Dinner in Nagano, Japan, matched with wines from Château Mercian One of the many good experiences from my recent Japan

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Latest Profiles 

Cayuse: discovering the stones

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 jamiegoode 9432 Views washington state

Meeting Christophe Baron to taste his sought-after Rhone-style wines made from a distinctive terroir on the Washington State/Oregon boundary ‘Don’t

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Videos 

Video: the Douro Valley – from Port to world-class table wines

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 jamiegoode 6076 Views Douro

This is a film I made with David Fuller a few years back. It’s about the Douro Valley in Portugal

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Highlights 

Some Piedmont gems: Oddero, Produttori, Albino Rocca

October 14, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 6641 Views barbaresco, barolo, piedmont

I popped into the excellent Handford Wines, and managed to try some of these Piedmont gems, which were being poured

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Highlights 

Sandhi Sanford & Benedict Chardonnay 2017

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 jamiegoode 6520 Views

*wine highlights* This wine, from Rajat Parr and Sashi Moorman, is a Chardonnay from the famous Sanford & Benedict vineyard

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Burgundy Profiles 

Domaine Michel Magnien, amphora wines in Burgundy

October 10, 2019October 16, 2019 jamiegoode 11021 Views

Frederic Magnien is a pioneer of terracotta in Burgundy, and is making some very smart wines I was very excited

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California 

The 2017 Pinot Noirs from Kutch

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 jamiegoode 6323 Views

One of California’s leading producers of Pinot Noir It was great to be able to taste the new releases from

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Pounding Grape: the exciting wines of Chris Groenewald, from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

Pounding Grape: the exciting wines of Chris Groenewald, from South Africa

August 12, 2026August 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Back in 2014 one of South Africa’s most interesting, and probably quirkiest wine projects was born, a collaboration between Michael

The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

The new releases from Radford Dale, including Elgin and Vinum bottlings from 2025

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine
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Unusual grape varieties: a tasting at Shrine to the Vine

August 9, 2026August 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Minimalist Wines, the exciting South African Syrah-focused winery of Sam Lambson

August 8, 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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