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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of Long Island, New York

January 6, 2024 jamiegoode 2205 Views

Really liked this aged Bordeaux blend from Long Island in New York State. Paumanok Prestige Cuvée 2012 North Fork of

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Restaurants: Plateau, Brighton

January 5, 2024 jamiegoode 2254 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.plateaubrighton.co.uk/ Plateau is one of those restaurants that I love to eat at. A lunch today, on a bright

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Highlights Latest Loire 

Highlights: Laura David L’Insolente Montlouis-Sur-Loire 2022

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3084 Views Chenin Blanc

Website: https://laura-david.com/fr/ Laura David established her domaine in 2017 at the age of 25 with 7 hectares of vines in

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Features Japan Latest 

Exploring Japanese wine (6) visiting Tamba Wine in Kyoto

January 4, 2024 jamiegoode 5611 Views

Website: https://www.tambawine.co.jp/ Tamba Wine is a vineyard and winery based in the middle of the Kyoto prefecture in Japan, some

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Australian Riesling, a study in 8 wines

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 jamiegoode 4787 Views Riesling

These wines were tasted as part of the Finger Lakes Experience this year in Geneva, New York State. I’ve followed

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Exploring Greece (6) Skouras

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 jamiegoode 2952 Views

Website: https://skouras.gr/en-gb Skouras is another important winery that helped put modern Greek wine on the map in the 1990s. The

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Highlights Hungary Latest 

Highlights: two dry Furmints, Disznókő and Oremus

January 1, 2024 jamiegoode 3725 Views Furmint, tokaji

Furmint is such an interesting grape variety. It isn’t immediately likeable: it can be grainy, gritty, savoury and even a

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2023: the year in pictures

December 31, 2023 jamiegoode 2410 Views

Quite a bit of travel in 2023, and some great memories. It was also the year I published my new

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Features Latest South Africa 

Highlight: Savage Thief in the Night Grenache 2022 Piekenierskloof 

December 30, 2023December 30, 2023 jamiegoode 2535 Views Grenache

Grenache is a grape with lots of potential in South Africa, and one of the regions doing well with it

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Exploring Japanese wine (5) a wine-pairing lunch at Chi-Fu, Osaka

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 jamiegoode 9799 Views

Website: https://chi-fu.jp/ This was a remarkable gastronomic experience. Chi-Fu is a Japanese-influenced Chinese restaurant in Osaka serving an amazing multicourse

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 jamiegoode

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

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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
Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

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

September 26, 2025September 27, 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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