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Features Portugal 

Chinado: natural wines from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region

January 9, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1906 Views Lisboa, Natural wine

Website: https://www.vinhochinado.com/ Chinado are based in Alcobaça, the home of the famous monastery, in the Lisboa wine region, where they

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Austria Features 

BLAU: a special exploration into the world of Blaufränkisch

January 8, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1939 Views Blaufrankisch

This was an interesting tasting, with some of the most interesting Blaufränkisch producers, all of who are imported into the

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Champagne Features France 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 Treve Ring 3230 Views Sparkling wine

Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this

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Quinta da Pedra Alta, a new Douro star, with consultant winemaker Matt Gant

January 6, 2025January 7, 2025 jamiegoode 6540 Views Douro

Website: https://www.qpa.pt/ Matt Gant is a winemaker from Western Australia, but previously he was based in the Barossa, where he

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Canada Features 

In Niagara, Canada (17) Ferox

January 6, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2802 Views Niagara

I visited Ferox, a relatively new winery in Niagara, with assistant winemaker Cubby Sadoon. It has a very different, and

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Beaujolais Features 

Julien Sunier, beautiful natural wines from Beaujolais

January 4, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1679 Views Gamay

Website: https://julien-sunier.com/ Julien Sunier’s story is an encouraging one. He didn’t come from a family with land, but trained as

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Features Portugal 

Mira do Ó: beautiful terroir-focused wines from Dão, Bairrada and the Alentejo

January 3, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1334 Views Bairrada, Dao

Website: https://miradoovinhos.com/ Nuno Mira do Ó is the dude behind Mira do Ó Vinhos, and he now has three projects.

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Champagne Features TOP STORIES 

50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé: a vertical tasting and a technical discussion

January 2, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2644 Views

Frédéric Rouzaud and Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon present a vertical tasting of Cristal Rosé, Louis Roederer’s ‘hidden gem’ that since its inception

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Features Portugal 

Drinking with Douro star Tiago Alves de Sousa: a solera red, a high-end rosé, and a stunning (rare) Vintage Port

December 30, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1614 Views Douro

While I was in Vila Real in the Douro, doing some teaching at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alta Douro,

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (14) Villa Pomona

December 29, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1580 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://fattoriapomona.it/en/ The story of Villa Pomona begins with Giovanni Bandino Bandini, the great grandfather of the current owner, Monica

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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 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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