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England Features 

English Chardonnay: a quality revolution

January 22, 2022February 25, 2022 jamiegoode 9052 Views Chardonnay

It’s interesting times for English still wines at the moment, and one variety catching the eye is Chardonnay. Sommelier Donald

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England Features 

Freedom of the Press: an exciting new English winery

January 20, 2022 jamiegoode 5999 Views

Website: https://www.freedomofthepress.co.uk/ Gavin Carver established Freedom of the Press winery in 2020. Initially, it was to be an urban winery

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Features Italy Regions 

In Franciacorta: Corteaura

January 16, 2022January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 6506 Views Franciacorta

‘I started this adventure because I loved sparkling wine,’ says Frederico Fossati, as he takes us around his winery, that

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My top wines of 2021: part 3, sparkling, sweet and fortified

January 15, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5729 Views

The last part of my round-up of leading wines from 2021, and it’s time for bubbles and sweet stuff. Again,

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My top wines from 2021, part 2: whites, orange and rosé

January 12, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 6128 Views

This is part 2 of my selections from some of the top bottles tasted and drunk last year. Again, a

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My top wines from 2021, part 1: reds

January 11, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 11122 Views

Now we are well into 2022, but I thought it would be fun to look at some of my favourite

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Features France Regions 

Visiting the Roussillon (2) the Northern Roussillon: Maury, The Aude, Fenouillèdes and The Agly Valley

January 5, 2022February 11, 2022 Lisse Garnett 9984 Views Roussillon

Mark Walford of Le Soula, Gérard Gauby of Domaine Gauby and Brigitte Verdaguer of Domain Rancy are interviewed by Lisse

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Features Languedoc Regions 

Picpoul de Pinet: a Languedoc success story taking a step forward with new ‘Patience’ wines

January 3, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 18728 Views Picpoul de Pinet

AOP Picpoul de Pinet is the only white wine appellation in the Languedoc, and it’s on a roll right now.

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Outside of its consumption, wine has no meaning

December 31, 2021February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 9563 Views

A year ago, a wine story escaped the industry bubble and made news. It was of a 79 year old

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Champagne Features Regions 

Champagne Billecart-Salmon Le Clos Saint-Hilaire: tasting all 7 releases to date

December 27, 2021February 25, 2022 jamiegoode 8891 Views

This was my first time tasting one of Champagne Billecart-Salmon’s prestige cuvées, Clos Saint-Hilaire. It comes from a single-hectare plot

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A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
Features Latest Spain 

A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 jamiegoode

As part of the recent Island Wines Summit in Tenerife we had a chance to taste through a range of

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Rheingau riesling tasting
Features Germany Latest Regions 

Rheingau Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (14) Nostalgia
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (14) Nostalgia

September 5, 2026September 5, 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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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