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Features New Zealand Oregon 

New Zealand and Oregon Pinot Noir: wines from the edge

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 jamiegoode 12447 Views pinot noir

Over lockdown, there have been quite a few remote tastings, and 67 Pall Mall, with their careful sample preparation, decanting

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Features Japan Latest Regions 

In Nagano, Japan: a big tasting at Tomi Wine Chapel

July 7, 2020July 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9069 Views Nagano

I was back at the fabulous Tomi Wine Chapel in Nagano, for a wine tasting. This is a very cool

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Features Italy 

A quick Franciacorta study

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 5920 Views Sparkling wine

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.

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Features Latest Portugal 

A quick look at some top 2018 Vintage Ports

June 27, 2020 jamiegoode 9866 Views Port

2018 is the third in a run of good vintages for Port, maybe fourth if you count 2015, too. So

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Burgundy Features 

Aligoté study: three wines compared

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 jamiegoode 11755 Views Aligote

I’m really interested in Aligoté, and it seems that this once neglected grape variety is finding increasing support. There’s a

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Features 

Does a producer have any rights to their wines, once they have sold them?

June 22, 2020 jamiegoode 9804 Views Natural wine

I recently wrote a piece for Little Wine about the grey market for wine, and how this has started to

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Features 

The new ‘Classics’ range from Marks & Spencer

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 jamiegoode 27305 Views

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has made its biggest wine launch in recent years with a new range titled ‘Classics’.

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

Megalomaniac, Niagara, Canada – interview and tasting with Sébastien Jacquey

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 jamiegoode 8353 Views Niagara

Sébastien Jacquey is winemaker at Megalomaniac in Canada’s Niagara wine region, but he’s actually a transplant from France. It was

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Features Wine Science 

The science of flor: what’s that growing on my wine?

June 5, 2020 jamiegoode 29310 Views flor, sherry

What is flor? It’s something that grows on the surface of wine: a film of yeasts. And it alters the

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Features Latest Lebanon 

Ixsir: the new star on the Lebanese wine scene

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 jamiegoode 13481 Views

Lebanon is a country with a long history of wine production, but – as with many countries in the middle

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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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