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Wine Science 

Stems and whole bunches in red winemaking: a hot topic

March 24, 2015September 19, 2019 jamiegoode 6094 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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New to wine 

Learning to taste

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 6887 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 4749 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 5079 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 5292 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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New to wine 

What to look for in a wine

March 24, 2015September 23, 2019 jamiegoode 6529 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 7321 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 8799 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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Profiles Regions South Africa 

Craven Wines: making the most of exceptional Stellenboch vineyards

March 24, 2015November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 5525 Views

Craven Wines: of South Africa’s most interesting producers, making balanced single-site wines from Stellenbosch, report by Jamie Goode and Treve

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Different levels of appreciating wine

March 24, 2015September 29, 2019 jamiegoode 5009 Views

One of the keys to being able to make sense of wine is understanding that there are two different ways

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

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