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New Zealand is making some of the world’s best Pinot Noir, and this is my roll-call of the best

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 jamiegoode 5262 Views pinot noir

Back in February I attended Pinot Noir 2025 in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was quite a special event. One of

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Two truths of wine marketing not widely acknowledged

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 jamiegoode 1655 Views Business of wine

I recent read an excellent post telling winery owners what they could do more effectively in selling their wine. It

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Apehelion: Grenache specialists from Australia’s McLaren Vale

August 17, 2025 jamiegoode 1191 Views Grenache

Website: https://aphelionwine.com.au/ Based in McLaren Vale, Aphelion is a Grenache specialist micro-negociant. It was started by Rob and Lou Mack,

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Highlights: two wines from Frederick Stevenson in South Australia

August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1121 Views

Frederick Stevenson is a naturally oriented winegrower in South Australia, and I tried these two wines from him. Frederick Stevenson

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Restaurants: Eleven Madison Park, New York – three-star vegan goodness that’s close to perfection

August 14, 2025October 24, 2025 jamiegoode 4081 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.elevenmadisonpark.com/ Back in 2014, Betina Piqueras-Fiszman and Charles Spence published an intriguing book, called ‘The Perfect Meal’ (I wrote

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Riley Harrison is making some compelling low intervention wines from top sites in South Australia

August 14, 2025 jamiegoode 1489 Views

Website: https://www.harrison.wine/ Riley Harrison studied winemaking in Adelaide, and ended up working for a big winery: Dorrien Estate. While he

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Mersel, exciting low intervention wines from special terroirs in Lebanon

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 jamiegoode 991 Views

Website: https://www.merselwine.com/ Eddie Chami’s family comes from Lebanon, but moved to Australia in the 1960s. That’s where he grew up.

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The Remedy is one of London’s best wine bars

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 jamiegoode 1829 Views Restaurants

Website: https://theremedylondon.com/ Just north of Oxford Street, before you get to Regent’s Park, you’ll find one of the best places

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The ‘Joan is awful’ effect, and why people working in wine shouldn’t fall for it

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 jamiegoode 851 Views Business of wine

‘Joan Is Awful’ is the first episode of the sixth series of Black Mirror, written by Charlie Brooker. It aired

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Discovering the Mâconnais (13) Domaines Auvigue

August 10, 2025August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 1484 Views Chardonnay, Maconnais

Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/en-domaines-auvigue/ Auvigue is the jewel in the crown of Maison Jean Loron, which is one of the oldest and

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

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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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