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Dom Maxwell
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Dom Maxwell of Greystone, the vineyard ferment guy

November 17, 2019November 20, 2019 jamiegoode 10060 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

Jamie Goode catches up with Dom Maxwell, winemaker at Greystone in New Zealand’s Waipara wine region, to taste his wines

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Features Germany 

Germany’s diversity in eight wines

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 jamiegoode 8803 Views

A quick tasting of eight different German wines showing some of the diversity of this country’s wine scene Sander Cosmic

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Austria Features Regions 

Leithaberg: wines from a distinctive Austrian DAC

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 jamiegoode 8592 Views

The Leithaberg DAC is a relatively new one. Part of Austria’s Burgenland region, it makes some very smart wines from

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Features New Zealand 

The Gimblett Gravels 2017 reds selection

November 7, 2019November 11, 2019 jamiegoode 8047 Views syrah

2017 was a tricky vintage in the Hawke’s Bay wine region. How did the red wines from the famed Gimblett

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Features Italy Wine Science 

Applying a model of vineyard variability in the vineyards of Trentino, with Cavit

November 2, 2019November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 8695 Views Trentino

Jamie Goode travels to the scenic Trentino region in Italy. Here, leading producer Cavit have developed an exciting technology called

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judgment of BC
Canada Features TOP STORIES 

The judgment of BC, 2019

October 31, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 10096 Views

How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie

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The birdwatcher’s jizz, and its relevance to wine tasting

October 30, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 8095 Views

Back in 1921, Thomas A. Coward, an ornithologist, introduced a new term to the bird watching world: jizz. Coward had

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Features Wine Science 

Ripeness, part 3: solutions to over-ripeness and high alcohol

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 10772 Views

Part 3 of 3 in a series focusing on the thorny issue of ripeness Some winegrowers pick late because they

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California Features 

Petaluma Gap, a new-ish AVA on the Sonoma Coast

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 jamiegoode 7926 Views

A quick look at six wines from California’s newest AVA Do we need more wine appellations? Especially when some of

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Features Wine Science 

Ripeness, part 2: pursuing balance

October 24, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 9665 Views

Ripeness in Bordeaux Of all the wine regions where ripeness has been a topic of controversy, one of the most

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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 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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