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Features Italy Latest Profiles 

Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 jamiegoode 836 Views Bolgheri, Tuscany

Website: https://www.ornellaia.com/en/ Denise is winemaker at Ornellaia, so it was great to have a chance to do a vertical of

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Australia Features Latest Regions 

Australia’s old vine heritage – a masterclass showing some Aussie classics

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 jamiegoode 854 Views Barossa, Margaret River, McLaren Vale

Australia has an amazing fine wine dimension, and those not familiar with Australian wine sometimes don’t realize the extent of

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China Features Food and wine Latest 

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode 530 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at

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China Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Renyiyuan Tao Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Ningxia, China

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 jamiegoode 511 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best Chinese wines I’ve tasted. It’s from Renyiyuan Vineyard, which was established in 2010 in

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Features Latest 

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode 820 Views

Flying out to Hong Kong today so I did a lounge raid (T5 BA first class lounge – because of

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Books Japan Latest 

Books: an impressive guide to Japanese Wine from Nick Rowan

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 668 Views

Japanese Wine: History, Regions, Wineries By Nick Rowan Wine Fogg, 2025, website https://winefogg.com/ I’ve visited Japanese wine regions several times,

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Features Latest New York State Profiles 

Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

March 3, 2026 jamiegoode 861 Views Finger Lakes

Website: https://apollospraise.com/ This is an exciting new project in the Finger Lakes of New York State. Julia Hoyle (winemaker at

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Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 jamiegoode 728 Views

Just back from a few days in Porto. While I was there I had a chance to wander around. Some

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Features Latest Spain 

Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 jamiegoode 576 Views

Iago Garrido founded Fazenda Augalevada back in 2008, after purchasing 4 hectares of abandoned terraces in the northern part of

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Features Latest Spain 

Eulogio Pomares and Zarate: amazing wines from Rías Baixas

February 28, 2026 jamiegoode 599 Views Albarino, rias baixas

Website: https://www.zarate.es/ Eulogio Pomares is making some of the best wines in Rías Baixas. He works with two labels: Zarate

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Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
England Features Latest Profiles 

Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode

Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their

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Features Latest South Africa 

Fryer’s Cove: precise wines from the cool west coast of South Africa

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge
Features Latest Portugal 

Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge

March 19, 2026March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much
Australia Features Latest 

Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 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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