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Features Germany Regions 

Top Mosel Riesling: tasting 64 Grosses Gewächs at the 2020 VDP tasting

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 jamiegoode 15627 Views Mosel, Riesling

Here are my notes on 64 Mosel Rieslings from the 2020 Grosses Gewächs tasting, featuring new releases from some of

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Champagne Features France TOP STORIES 

In Champagne: Agrapart & Fils

December 30, 2020January 1, 2021 Treve Ring 11372 Views champagne, grower champagne

Founded in 1894, Champagne Agrapart & Fils has rightfully emerged as one of the finest grower estates in the Côte

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Features Wine Science 

Wine just tastes of wine: on objects and perception, part 1

December 29, 2020February 2, 2021 jamiegoode 8176 Views

How do we perceive wine? How do we make sense of the world around us? Is there such a thing

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay (2) six more top wines tasted

December 27, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5755 Views Chardonnay, hawkes bay

A few days ago I reported on six of the twelve Chardonnays (and Ring added her notes, after tasting through

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Bordeaux Features Hungary 

Christmas wines 2020

December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 jamiegoode 5904 Views

Some wines tasted over the holiday period, with an emphasis on sweet and Bordeaux. Champagne Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Non

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay (1) six top wines tasted

December 25, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7570 Views champagne

January 6, 2021 – I received the same wines as Goode, a few weeks later, and thought it would be

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Features Portugal 

PORT.CLUB by Churchill’s

December 22, 2020 jamiegoode 7251 Views Douro, Port

Port.Club is a new membership retail platform by the Port House Churchill’s. For a drink that has laboured under a

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Features TOP STORIES 

The triune brain, and thinking of a triune wine tasting approach

December 21, 2020 jamiegoode 8419 Views

In our heads, we have a remarkable organ. The brain. It’s mushy and jelly-like, and it weighs around 1.4 kilograms.

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Features 

DTC will change the wine industry… up to a point

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 jamiegoode 7658 Views

In wine marketing circles DTC is currently a hot topic. It stands for Direct to Consumer, and the idea is

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Features New York State 

A Finger Lakes study: Osmote, Nathan Kendall, Trestle 31

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 jamiegoode 5481 Views Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes wine region of New York is becoming very interesting. Last night I connected with three of the

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026
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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 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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