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Australia Videos 

Video: Bastard Hill, a special vineyard in Australia’s Yarra Valley, is reborn under the ownership of Giant Steps

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 jamiegoode 4462 Views Yarra Valley

The Bastard Hill vineyard was planted by Ray Guerin in 1987. It’s high up in the Yarra Valley (Australia), and

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Features Portugal 

The wines of Luis Pato, Bairrada, Portugal

August 14, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 8824 Views Baga, Bairrada

Website: http://www.luispato.com/ Luis Pato (which is Portuguese for ‘duck’) is probably the best-known producer in the Bairrada region. For a

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Canada Features Regions 

In Niagara (12) Stratus, an important Niagara winery, in a fine-tuning phase

August 11, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 5328 Views Niagara

Website: https://stratuswines.com/ Stratus are an important winery for Niagara, and like many wineries in this region they have been on

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Raimes Blanc de Blancs 2018 Hampshire, England

August 10, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2610 Views Sparkling wine

Website:  https://raimes.co.uk/ Raimes Blanc de Blancs 2018 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. 100% Chardonnay from the South Downs, made at Hattingley. 46

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California Features 

Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (4) Ramey

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3047 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.rameywine.com/ Ramey is one of the star wineries in Sonoma. David Ramey has become well known for his expertise

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Features Spain 

The wines of Piedra Fluida, a relatively new and interesting producer from Tenerife

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4025 Views Tenerife

Website: https://bodegapiedrafluida.com/en/ Tenerife has been making some great wines of late, and here’s another good producer, new to me, from

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Features Food and wine 

Yuki Bar, a beautiful natural wine bar in London

August 8, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 12063 Views Natural wine, Restaurants

Yuki Bar instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yukibar.london/?hl=en Tucked away in a surprising location in London Fields is one of London’s newest and most

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay: a top 12 from the 2022 vintage in this important New Zealand wine region

August 7, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3705 Views Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay

These Chardonnays were selected by Cameron Douglas, MS, as the Hawke’s Bay Annual Chardonnay Collection Vintage 2022. 42 wines submitted,

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Features Wine Science 

In an important and brave move, UK supermarket Tesco releases a wine made from a disease-resistant grape variety called Floreal

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 11228 Views

UK supermarket Tesco has made a brave move. They have launched a wine from a disease-resistant hybrid variety called Floreal,

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Features Regions Rhone 

Exploring Lirac (7) an overview and a big tasting of Lirac wines

August 5, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 5437 Views Lirac

Lirac is one of the crus of the Rhône valley, and it’s just northwest of Avignon, next door to Tavel

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Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried
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Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode

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

Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
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
Porto in pictures, with a short film
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Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro
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Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro

March 1, 2026March 1, 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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