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California Features 

Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries

May 6, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 4372 Views pinot noir

Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery

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Australia Videos 

Video: tasting the Kin 2023 Grenache from Alkina in the Barossa Valley

May 6, 2025 jamiegoode 2456 Views Grenache

Tasting the Kin Grenache 2023 from Barossa Valley star winery Alkina who have developed a micro-parcel approach to their vineyard

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Bulgaria Features 

Exploring Bulgarian wine (9) Aya Estate

May 5, 2025January 15, 2026 jamiegoode 2066 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ Aya is a boutique winery in the Struma Valley. They have two vineyards. The first is Harsovo, near

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine Reunaud Boyer Bourgogne Aligoté 2022

May 4, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1420 Views Aligote

I’m a big fan of Aligoté, and this is one of the best I’ve tried of late. Domaine Reunaud Boyer

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Torres Mas La Plana 2018 Penedès, Spain

May 3, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1695 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Penedès

Torres Mas La Plana 2018 Penedès, Spain14.5% alcohol. This is Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Mas La Plana vineyard. It’s one

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Features 

Is writing about wine difficult? A response to an academic linguist who doesn’t care much for wine writers

May 2, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 2100 Views

Linguist Dariusz Galasiński has recently begun turning his considerable academic prowess to the subject of words and wine. He’s currently

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California Features Regions 

Visiting Abe Schoener and the Los Angeles River Wine Co, an urban winery in Los Angeles

May 1, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 3136 Views urban winery

Website: https://scholium.securecheckout.com/ In August 2019 I visited Abe Schoener right at the beginning of the Los Angeles River Wine Company.

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Features TOP STORIES 

What I really think about scoring wine, and explaining why the scores on this site are in a tight band?

April 30, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 3280 Views

I have a love/hate relationship with wine scores. I use them to give readers an idea of how much I

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Features Languedoc 

Terrasses du Larzac, a mini study of this important Languedoc AOC

April 28, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 3092 Views Terrasses du Larzac

Website: https://terrasses-du-larzac.com/en/home/ Terrasses du Larzac is an AOC in the Languedoc that was established just over a decade ago, in

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England Highlights Sparkling wine 

Highlights: Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England

April 27, 2025December 20, 2025 jamiegoode 1680 Views

Website: https://nyetimber.com/ Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs 2017 England12% alcohol. Thanks to the code on the label you can find out

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I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Things take time in Champagne. And if you want to launch a new prestige cuvée, then things can take a

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
Features Latest 

Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market

March 24, 2026March 25, 2026 jamiegoode
Ca’Marcanda: 30 years of Gaja’s Tuscan outpost
Features Italy Latest Profiles 

Ca’Marcanda: 30 years of Gaja’s Tuscan outpost

March 24, 2026March 24, 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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