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Argentina Features Latest 

Matías Riccitelli, making some of Argentia’s best wines

February 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1021 Views mendoza

Website: https://matiasriccitelli.com/en/ Matías Riccitelli is one of Argentina’s most exciting winegrowers. He haild from the north – Cafayate in Salta

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Features Italy Latest 

The 2022s from Abruzzo star winery Emidio Pepe

January 31, 2026January 31, 2026 jamiegoode 883 Views Abruzzo

Popped into Dynamic Vines today and tasted through the 2022s from Emidio Pepe, a remarkable winery that I’ve written about

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Features Greece Latest 

Douloufakis, making impressive wines from Crete, Greece

January 30, 2026 jamiegoode 658 Views Crete

Website: https://douloufakis.wine/en/ Douloufakis is based in the village of Dafnes, near Heraklion, in Crete. Vines are farmed organically and winemaking

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Features Latest New Zealand TOP STORIES 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (9) Pyramid Valley

January 30, 2026February 16, 2026 jamiegoode 1646 Views North Canterbury

Pyramid Valley is one of New Zealand’s special vineyards. I first came across it on my debut visit to Aotearoa

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Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (4) Cedar Creek

January 27, 2026February 4, 2026 jamiegoode 811 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.cedarcreek.bc.ca/ Cedar Creek is another important Okanagan winery that’s part of the Mark Anthony group, along with Mission Hill,

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Features Latest New Zealand 

Blank Canvas, retelling the Marlborough story through some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 jamiegoode 676 Views Chardonnay, Marlborough, pinot noir, Sauvignon Blanc

Website: https://blankcanvaswines.com/ Blank Canvas is the project of well-known Marlborough consultant winemaker Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson. Until very recently

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Features Latest 

ProWein innovates in a bid to maintain its position as a ‘must attend’ wine trade fair

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 jamiegoode 836 Views

Website: https://www.prowein.com/ For a while, ProWein was the undisputed superstar of wine trade fairs. It was more-or-less compulsory to head

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Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys: (3) Martin’s Lane

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 jamiegoode 839 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.martinslanewinery.com/ One of the leading Okanagan wineries is Martin’s Lane. This is one of the wineries that’s part of

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Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen valleys (2) Spearhead

January 25, 2026January 26, 2026 jamiegoode 697 Views Okanagan Valley

Website: https://www.spearheadwinery.com/ Spearhead is a boutique winery based on the South East Kelowna slopes, which is a recently established Okanagan

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Features Latest South Africa 

Goode’s Crib Sheets No 4 – South African Chardonnay

January 23, 2026January 24, 2026 jamiegoode 799 Views Chardonnay

South Africa is currently making some very exciting wines, and Chardonnay is one category that’s performing very well. Here’s my

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Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
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Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode

Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their

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Features Latest South Africa 

Fryer’s Cove: precise wines from the cool west coast of South Africa

March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge
Features Latest Portugal 

Six Portuguese wines that flourished in the 2025 edition of the International Wine Challenge

March 19, 2026March 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much
Australia Features Latest 

Screwcap damage: how much of a problem is it? For this Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023, not so much

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 jamiegoode

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About Us

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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