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Features Rhone 

The wines of Réné Rostaing, Northern Rhône

January 22, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5744 Views Northern Rhone

One of the top names in the northern Rhône, Réné Rostaing built up his domaine from scratch, and now has

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Features Rhone Wine Science 

Exploring Costières de Nîmes (3) Michel Gassier and family, adopting regenerative viticulture

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 6754 Views

Website: https://www.famillegassier.com/en/ Michel Gassier is one of the leading producers in Costières de Nîmes, and has two domaines, making three

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes Grand Blanc Sec 2020 Bordeaux

January 19, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4535 Views

Suduiraut, a leading Sauternes producer, have decided to take dry white Bordeaux more seriously. It’s a good move: while their

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Features Japan 

An evening of sake from Niigata Prefecture, Japan

January 18, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3456 Views sake

This week saw the beginning of the Niigata Fair 2023, and Yokucha, the retro ramen bar at the Japan Centre

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 jamiegoode 4183 Views pinot noir

I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked

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Burgundy 2021: a snapshot of the vintage through the wines of nine producers

January 14, 2023January 14, 2023 jamiegoode 7567 Views

Time to taste cask samples of the 2021 vintage in Burgundy. It was a much talked about vintage because of

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Highlights Latest Spain 

Highlights: Pícaro del Aguilar Clarete Vinhas Velhas 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 jamiegoode 3515 Views Ribero del Duero

This is a really intriguing wine that I’ve fallen in love with, and which I buy. It’s the in-between land

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights: Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal

January 12, 2023 jamiegoode 2453 Views Açores

Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal13% alcohol. This is the special Azores variety named Arinto that’s different

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Features Latest Spain 

The wines of Raúl Pérez, Bierzo, Spain

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 jamiegoode 7209 Views Bierzo

Raúl Pérez is one of the key figures in ‘New Spain’. Based in Bierzo in northwest Spain, he first made

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England Features Latest Regions 

New releases from Tillingham, one of the UK’s most interesting wineries, plus a look at the 2022s in the winery

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 jamiegoode 5679 Views Natural wine

At the end of November I joined a nice crowd of wine trade people to visit Tillingham winery in Sussex

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Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile
Chile Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile

November 8, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://antiyal.com/ Alvaro Espinoza and his wife Marina had just got back from Costa Rica when I met them at

In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
Chile Features Latest 

In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 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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