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Video: visiting the Chianti Classico wine region, all four episodes

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 jamiegoode 5852 Views Chianti Classico

Four wine friends – John Szabo, Michael Godel, Jamie Goode and Emily Harman – visit the Chianti Classico wine region.

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Paso-Primero, Somontano, Spain

December 9, 2023 jamiegoode 3695 Views Somontano

Website: https://www.paso-primero.com/ Paso-Primero is a really interesting wine project that began in 2015 in Somontano run by Thomas and Emma

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Exploring Japanese wine (3) Dinner at Wassy’s Dining Souple, Osaka

December 8, 2023 jamiegoode 6200 Views

Website: https://wassys.co.jp/souple/ Wassy’s is a chain of wine shops in Osaka, carrying an amazing selection of international and Japanese wines,

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A fine wine lunch at Chez Bruce: Chave, Jamet, Chapoutier, La Mission, Montrose and others

December 8, 2023December 17, 2023 jamiegoode 2795 Views

One of the great pleasures in life is a good lunch with plenty of wine, shared with nice people. These

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Exploring Japanese wine (2) Kaiseki dinner at Nakanoshima Nadaman, Osako

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 2801 Views

Website: https://store.nadaman.co.jp/en/pages/restaurant_nakanoshima Nakanoshima Nadaman is a kaiseki restaurant in the Rihga Royal hotel in Osake. Here we enjoyed a top

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Highlights: Pasqua Hey French: You Could Have Made This But You Didn’t

December 6, 2023December 27, 2023 jamiegoode 7461 Views

This is something a bit different. It’s a non-vintage blend, but it’s high end. And it has an arty label.

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Exploring Japanese wine (1) wine dinner at Pasania, Osaka

December 5, 2023December 6, 2023 jamiegoode 6070 Views

Website: https://pasania.osaka/ I’ve recently been in Japan for the Japanese Wine Expo held in Osaka. This event brought together 800

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Chianti Classico Deep Dive (1) Bindi Sergardi

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 jamiegoode 4523 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.bindisergardi.it/en/ This is the first in a series of articles based on a week in Chianti Classico, a wine

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Highlights: Castello di Fonterutoli Badiòla Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017 Italy

December 1, 2023 jamiegoode 3222 Views Chianti Classico

The new category of Gran Selezzione has been a real boost to Chianti Classico, and here’s a really good example,

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Features Latest Spain 

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode 3570 Views cava

WebsiteL https://www.cava.wine/en/news-articles/a-congress-examining-cavas-excellence-will-bring-together-the-worlds-most-influential-prescribers-in-barcelona/ I’m just back from two days of deep immersion into all things Cava: the inaugural Cava meeting, held

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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
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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
Features Latest Spain 

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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