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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Dr. Edge Pinot Noir 2017, Tasmania

September 30, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 4539 Views

Dr. Edge is the personal wine project of Peter Dredge, the head winemaker of Meadowbank. This is a blend of

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Highlights Italy 

Highlight: Manuel Pulcini Marròca 2018

September 24, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6423 Views biodynamics

Young winemaker Manuel Pulcini grew up in his family’s vineyards and winery on the outskirts of Rome, which imprinted into

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Alheit Vineyards Fire By Night 2018

August 4, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 7111 Views Chenin Blanc, Old Vine Project, swartland

Chris Alheit is one of South Africa’s top winemakers and old vine rescuers, working closely with the Old Vine Project

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Monastero Suore Cistercensi Coenobium & Benedic

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Treve Ring 10860 Views Natural wine

These are not your typical Italian wines. Unless, that is, you usually take of natural wine made by nuns. In

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Enfield Wine Co Waterhorse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

June 13, 2020 Treve Ring 6513 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Take everything you know of Cali Cab and throw it away. Then taste this graceful wine. From Sonoma County’s tiny

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Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Sorrenberg Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018

June 10, 2020 Treve Ring 6269 Views

This is serious wine, and should be considered as one of Australia’s top whites. From his biodynamically farmed 2.4ha vineyard

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Savage Wines Thief in the Night 2017

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 Treve Ring 6848 Views

Duncan Savage is well recognized as one of the unofficial/official leaders of the Zoo Cru, a collective of like-minded winemakers

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

Méthode Cap Classique Report

May 22, 2020June 4, 2021 Treve Ring 21239 Views Sparkling wine

Goode and Ring report on South Africa’s most vibrant wine category: MCC (for Méthode Cap Classique, the name used for

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight : Julia Kemper 2017 Elpenor Blanc de Noir

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Treve Ring 4961 Views biodynamic, Dao, granite

The Melo family landed in Dão’s Oliveira–Mangualde hundreds of years ago, and that’s where the vineyards and winery of current

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Canada Highlights 

Highlight: Therianthropy David Eagle Gamay 2018

March 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 6633 Views Gamay, Michel Tolmer, Ontario

Therianthropy is the mythical process of shapeshifting, which is another way to view turning nature into wine. This small collaborative

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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 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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