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California Features 

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

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 jamiegoode 8102 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 9886 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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Economic windows for wine regions

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 jamiegoode 5760 Views

Sometimes we overlook the fact that economics are important in opening the window for making interesting wines I’m currently in

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Ripeness in wine, part 1

October 20, 2019October 30, 2019 jamiegoode 14314 Views

In the first of a three-part series Jamie Goode explores one of the most pressing questions in the world of

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Features Oregon Profiles 

Nicolas Jay, a new Oregon star

October 18, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 10490 Views oregon, pinot noir

Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Méo’s collaboration has already established itself among the Willamette Valley’s finest Nicolas Jay is a collaborative

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Burgundy Features TOP STORIES 

Red Burgundy: Cote de Beaune, Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais

September 27, 2019October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 8069 Views

With Rajat Parr and Larry Stone One of the highlights of TexSom is the seminar series, which covers a broad

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Developing appellations in emerging wine regions

March 24, 2015September 29, 2019 jamiegoode 6051 Views

Jamie Goode discusses the thorny issue of the creation of appellations, GIs and AVAs in new world wine countries I

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Features Regions 

Visiting Jerez to blend the Las Palmas Sherries of Gonzalez-Byass

November 4, 2014October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 5289 Views

The Las Palmas sherries have their origin in the recent launch of Tio Pepe En Rama, which as a brilliant

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Sablière: a new 0% alcohol sparkling ‘wine’ designed from first principles
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Sablière: a new 0% alcohol sparkling ‘wine’ designed from first principles

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://sabliere.co.uk/ I’ve written quite a bit about the attempts to make interesting, complex dealcoholized wines. There’s another approach, which

The wines of Zacharioudakis, Crete
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The wines of Zacharioudakis, Crete

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Reynolds Wine Growers: top wines from the cooler north of Portugal’s Alentejo

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026 jamiegoode
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

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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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