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Highlights: Compagniesdrift Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022 Stellenbosch

August 25, 2026 jamiegoode 645 Views

Website: https://www.compagniesdrift.com/ Compagniesdrift Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022 Stellenbosch, South Africa13% alcohol. Compagniesdrift is a BEE project from Meerlust, and the

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Highlights: Franck Balthazar Cornas 2022 Northern Rhône, France

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 jamiegoode 723 Views syrah

A beautiful low-intervention Cornas. It’s an appellation with just 110 hectares, and in the past people dismissed the wines as

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Spätburgunder: a deep dive into Germany’s Pinot Noir, with a tasting of 77 wines from top vineyard sites at the VDP tasting

August 24, 2026September 14, 2026 jamiegoode 3615 Views pinot noir

German wine has been having a good moment for the last decade, and this is one of the wine country

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Germany Latest 

Gallery: in the vineyards of the Ahr Valley, Germany

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 jamiegoode 720 Views ahr

I arrived in the Ahr Valley this afternoon and took a walk around the vineyards. This is a Pinot Noir

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Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode 821 Views hunter valley

Website: https://www.margan.com.au/ Margan is an important Hunter Valley producer making some very interesting wines, and championing newer varieties that show

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Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode 798 Views hunter valley

Tell your friends that you’ve just been in the Hunter Valley judging 80 wines a day with nice people, they’ll

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Australia Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction

August 19, 2026 jamiegoode 1055 Views hunter valley

It was almost 200 years ago, in 1828, when the Hunter Valley became a wine region. It’s the oldest in

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Highlights: Sandridge Barton Don’t Feed The Ponies Billy Light Red 2025 Devon, England

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode 607 Views

Website: https://shop.sandridgebarton.com/products/dont-feed-the-ponies-billy-2025 Sandridge Barton Don’t Feed The Ponies Billy Light Red 2025 Devon, England10.6% alcohol. Pinot Noir, Pinot Precocé, Pinot

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Four wines from Virginia in the USA

August 17, 2026August 17, 2026 jamiegoode 680 Views Virginia

I tried these four wines from Virginia in the USA. It’s a state that is quite challenging for viticulture, with

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Australia Food and wine Latest 

Restaurants: Dear Sainte Éloise, Sydney, with three nice wines

August 15, 2026August 15, 2026 jamiegoode 698 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.lovetillygroup.com/dear-sainte-eloise After an afternoon walking around Sydney, I popped into Dear Saint Éloise, which is a wine-focused casual restaurant

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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode

All Good Things This is a new brand focusing on Australia and New Zealand, with appealing, direct packaging. They are

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
Features Latest 

Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture
Chile Features Latest Regions Wine Science 

Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture

October 7, 2026October 7, 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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