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Bulgaria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode 1878 Views

Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ I’m just on my way back from the Struma Valley in southern Bulgaria, where I was attending the

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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode 1162 Views Franciacorta, Piemonte, Tuscany, veneto

Back in January 2025 well known Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli closed the doors on his London restaurant Locanda Locatelli rather

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode 910 Views

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

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California Features Latest Rhone 

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode 1395 Views Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Paso Robles

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

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Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley

September 30, 2025 jamiegoode 958 Views

Website: https://academieduvinlibrary.com/ Not so much a book review as a shout out for three books, which are part of the

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Highlights: Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2018 Western Cape, South Africa

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 761 Views

Website: https://grahambeck.com/ Tried this tonight, and was really impressed. I’ve tried previous vintages, but this was quite striking in its

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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1020 Views Bolivia

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

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Champagne Features Latest Regions 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 5467 Views

Champagne Delamotte is based in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, a grand cru village in the Côte des Blancs. It was founded back

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Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2014

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1234 Views

Website: https://www.taittinger.com/en The new release of this classic! And it’s really good. Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

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Some impressive wines at Gamay, Athens, a wine bar with a brilliant list

September 23, 2025 jamiegoode 1033 Views Aligote

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamay_winebar/reels/?hl=en This was my second visit to Gamay, a really excellent wine bar in Athens. I popped in last

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

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode

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

Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 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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