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California Features Latest 

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

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1705 Views

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode 2452 Views Santorini

Website: https://www.hatzidakiswines.gr/ Hatzidakis are one of the best-known producers from the Greek Island of Santorini, and they were in town

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Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 2421 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.yarrayering.com/ One of Australia’s vinous treasures, Yarra Yering was set up by the eccentric genius Dr Bailey Carrodus, who

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Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1544 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.tarrawarra.com.au/ It was a lovely sunny late-spring morning when I visited Tarrawarra’s Swallowfield vineyard with winemaker Sarah Fagan and

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Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (2) Oakridge

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1899 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://oakridgewines.com.au/ Oakridge has been through quite a few changes over the last 47 years, since its first vineyard was

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Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (4) Jayden Ong Wines

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1509 Views Yarra Valley

Website: https://jaydenong.com/ ‘I don’t like following rules,’ says Jayden Ong (pictured above) as I meet him in his winery and

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Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley: exploring this important Australian wine region

October 25, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode 1551 Views Yarra Valley

The Yarra Valley was for a long time the land of the Wurundjeri people, and the history of human occupation

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Features Hungary Latest 

Hungarian wines at Georgie’s Ruin Bar

October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 907 Views

Ruin Bars are a special feature of Budapest nightlife. They started up in the early 2000s as impromptu bars in

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Goguette: designer, made-in-France wine fridges for epicureans

October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 1096 Views

Storing wine is an issue for wine lovers and collectors. Of course, most wines are drunk within a few days

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Features Japan Latest 

Goode’s Crib Sheets: No 1. Japanese wineries

October 24, 2025January 5, 2026 jamiegoode 880 Views

This is the first of my crib sheets, and it was prompted by South African winegrower Mick Craven asking me

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United States of Blaufränkisch – a deep dive into this amazing red grape variety (1) 25 examples from Hungary

May 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Blaufränkisch is a grape variety on the rise. It has only come to prominence in recent years, for a range

Vergelegen: the first release of the top wines under new winemaker Luke O’Cuinneagain
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

Vergelegen: the first release of the top wines under new winemaker Luke O’Cuinneagain

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 jamiegoode
Ian hongell winemaker at torbreck
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Torbreck: a deep dive into this important Barossa winery, with winemaker Ian Hongell

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 jamiegoode
Spotlight on Saint-Joseph: tasting 39 different wines from this northern Rhône cru
Features Latest Regions Rhone 

Spotlight on Saint-Joseph: tasting 39 different wines from this northern Rhône cru

May 27, 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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