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California Features Latest Regions 

Californian Pinot Noir: 38 wines tasted and rated

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 jamiegoode 8653 Views pinot noir

California is one of the most exciting destinations globally for Pinot Noir. But it’s only a subset of the state’s

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Exploring smell and the art of the perfumer, with Dr Melanie McBride

September 12, 2022November 3, 2025 jamiegoode 6702 Views

As a wine person, I’m deeply interested in smell. It’s a sense that lies at the heart of gastronomy, and

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Australia Features France Latest South Africa Spain 

Grenache : a Study

September 8, 2022September 13, 2022 Treve Ring 7166 Views Garnacha, Grenache

(/ɡrəˈnæʃ/) Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the

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Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Elgin Pinot Noir: how is Pinot doing in this cool-climate South African region?

September 6, 2022 jamiegoode 7726 Views Elgin, pinot noir

Elgin is one of South Africa’s cool climate wine regions. This apple-growing area first began growing wine grapes in the

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Chile Features Latest Politics TOP STORIES 

As Chile votes no to a radical new constitution Francisco Baettig delivers yet another round of iconic bottles to the world’s collective table..

September 4, 2022September 6, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7313 Views

Chile is at a pivotal point in its history – Sunday saw an historical vote on a new Constitution that

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Canned wine round-up

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5623 Views

Canned wines are now a thing. I remember my first experience with them, in Oregon, with the 375 ml cans

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Canada Features Latest TOP STORIES 

In Niagara (6) Cave Spring

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6352 Views Niagara

One of Niagara’s most important producers is Cave Spring. They are probably most famous for their Rieslings, but everything they

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England Features Latest Regions 

The wines of Langham, one of the UK’s most exciting producers

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 jamiegoode 5992 Views Sparkling wine

Website: www.langhamwine.co.uk Dorset – a county in the South of England – is not the most famous location for sparkling

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Arneis: a study

August 19, 2022August 22, 2022 Treve Ring 5719 Views arneis

{ahr NAYZ} Piemonte’s ‘Little Rascal’, so named for its tricky nature in the vineyard, Arneis has been rooted in Roero,

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The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 5813 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

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Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru
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Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru

July 29, 2026July 30, 2026 jamiegoode

Beaumes-de-Venise is a small but interesting Cru in the southern Rhône. Initially, it was made a cru for its sweet

Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time
Features Latest Wine Science 

Biofiltro: cleaning up winery waste water with worm power, creating high-quality compost at the same time

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 jamiegoode
doran vineyard
Features Latest South Africa 

Revisiting the wines of Doran Vineyards, Voor Paardeberg, South Africa

July 26, 2026 jamiegoode
Mclaren vale by Fabiano wines
Australia Features Latest 

Tenuta Minchella’s ‘By Fabiano’ wines: Italian-inspiration hits the McLaren Vale, Australia

July 24, 2026July 24, 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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