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China Features 

Waking the Sleeping Grape: the birth of the next wine superpower?

March 6, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3521 Views

Straight from Macau, where I just spent five days judging at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards 2025, I caught

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China Features 

Marselan is turning out to become China’s key grape variety: a seminar with Marselan expert and Chinese resident Julien Boulard

March 5, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2593 Views Marselan

Julien Boulard (pictured above) presented this session on Marselan. He’s a master of wine based in China, and he did

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China Features 

Ningxia and Xinjiang, China’s two main wine regions, a seminar with Xing Wei

March 3, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3890 Views

As part of the 2025 Edition of the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards the judges have some education in the

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Wine and Asian food: a masterclass with Richard Hemming of 67 Pall Mall

March 2, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2581 Views

Jamie Goode attends a seminar in Macao where Richard Hemming presents his book looking at matching wine with Asian food,

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Burgundy Features 

Meet Raphaëlle Guyot, who is recovering lost terroirs in interesting parts of Bourgogne

March 1, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2779 Views Natural wine

UK agent: Newcomer Wines Raphaëlle Guyot studied winegrowing and winemaking at Beaune, graduating in 2015. This was followed up with

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China Highlights 

Highlights: Tiansai Skyline of Gobi Marselan 2018 China

February 27, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1827 Views

Website: http://www.tsjz.com/ I’m mid-flight on my way to Hong Kong aboard Cathay Pacific, and this is the first time I’ve

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California Features 

California exploration: Kutch, visiting their new home and tasting the 2023 new releases

February 27, 2025March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 3866 Views Sonoma

I’ve written extensively about the wines of Jamie Kutch before, so it was great to be able to visit him

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Features Regions Rhone 

Crozes-Hermitage: my pick of 22 of the best wines from this interesting appellation

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 8481 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Back in late November I visited Crozes-Hermitage in the Northen Rhône, taking some time to visit many of the producers,

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Crozes-Hermitage (18) a big tasting of whites and reds

February 26, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3510 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

WHITES In 2023, Crozes-Hermitage was 11% white. Here I tried 18 whites. Vidal-Fleury Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 202213% alcohol. Marsanne with some

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Features Rhone 

Crozes-Hermitage (14) Domaine des Hauts Châssis

February 25, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2241 Views crozes-hermitage, Northern Rhone

Next stop was at Domaine des Hauts Châssis, for a visit and tasting with the Raphaël Faugier. His father created

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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
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The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.courelasdatorre.com/en/ This is the first time I’ve tried the wines from this Alentejo producer, based in Redondo, making organic

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

March 24, 2026March 25, 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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