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France Videos 

Visiting Château Lagrezette, Alain Dominique Perrin’s private home in Cahors

December 23, 2021January 9, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7087 Views

Lisse Garnett visits the romantic castle of Château Lagrezette, purchased as a ruin and renovated by Alain Dominique Perrin in

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Features Regions South of France 

Roussillon’s spirited new wave of vignerons: ancient vines, unimpeachable terroir, organic viticulture and the maverick spirit of Catalan culture

December 1, 2021December 14, 2021 Lisse Garnett 12138 Views Roussillon

Part (1): Banyuls, Collioure, Rivesaltes and Maury Roussillon’s still wines are garnering more respect than ever before especially in the

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England Features 

The Business of English Wine (3): making it and selling it

November 10, 2021December 14, 2021 Lisse Garnett 8984 Views

In the third of our series on English wine, Lisse Garnett speaks to three contrasting wine producers about this year’s

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England Features TOP STORIES 

The Business of English Wine (2): Robin Hutson, Chairman of the Pig Hotels and founder of Hotel du Vin

October 19, 2021November 9, 2021 Lisse Garnett 12427 Views

In the second of our series on the business of English wine, Lisse Garnett interviews influential hotelier Robin Hutson, the

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England Features 

The Business of English Wine (1): James Dodson, Vine-Works

October 6, 2021October 21, 2021 Lisse Garnett 8688 Views

In the first interview of our series on the business of English wine, Lisse Garnett interviews James Dodson of Vine-Works,

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Features Italy TOP STORIES 

IDDA, Gaja’s new Etna winery, where they will focus their considerable efforts on making white wines from Carricante

September 28, 2021December 19, 2021 Lisse Garnett 14857 Views etna, Sicily

Lisse Garnett met with Gaia Gaja to find out more ‘Elegant wines that are difficult to understand’ drew Angelo Gaja

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An ode to Palomino: still wines made from old vine Palomino offer a new narrative for this ‘neutral’ industrialised yet historic grape variety

September 12, 2021July 8, 2024 Lisse Garnett 11634 Views palomino, sherry

Lisse Garnett gathers evidence for the defence and tastes with Jamie Goode Palomino Fino, Listan Blanco, Listán de Jerez, Malvasia

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Modesty and talent: Balfour wines from Hush Heath Estate are actually pretty rad…

August 6, 2021August 10, 2021 Lisse Garnett 10511 Views

Lisse Garnett and Jamie Goode visit the estate and report back on an operation that isn’t quite as the marketing

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Argentina Features Regions 

Bodega Contra Corriente: Welsh-speaking Chubut in Patagonia is producing cool climate wines to sing about

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Lisse Garnett 8178 Views Patagonia

Lisse Garnett tells the story of a new wine region with an intriguing history, in Argentina’s Patagonia. Wine notes by

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Features Profiles Spain 

Bodegas Arautava, Tenerife: wines marked by Spanish and Portuguese invaders, volcanic eruptions and a vine training system more crazy than Colares

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Lisse Garnett 8820 Views

Volcanic soils, the idiosyncratic cordón trenzado system and the mighty Atlantic make for a maverick terroir on the Island of

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Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne
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Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode

I’ve known about Vitibot Bakus, an autonomous vineyard robot, for a few years, but this week I saw it in

Quinta de la Rosa: the elegant side of Portugal’s Douro
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta de la Rosa: the elegant side of Portugal’s Douro

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Impressive Dão wines from Julia Kemper
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Impressive Dão wines from Julia Kemper

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Some photographs from Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne
Burgundy Features Latest 

Some photographs from Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne

April 11, 2026April 11, 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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