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Australia Features TOP STORIES 

Giant Steps, Yarra Valley: Australia’s winery of the year launches the first wines from the remarkable Bastard Hill vineyard

August 21, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 9049 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Yarra Valley

Website: https://www.giantstepswine.com.au/ Giant Steps is a Yarra Valley winery that’s currently in the spotlight, winning the 2025 Halliday Guide Winery

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (10) Rocca di Montegrossi

August 20, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2305 Views Chianti Classico

Marco Ricasoli is the owner of Rocca di Montegrossi, a 100 hectare property in Monti in Chianti, just south of

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Features Italy 

Chianti Classico deep dive (9) Castello di Querceto

August 19, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2466 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.castellodiquerceto.it/?lang=en I visited Querceto back in October 2008, and here I was back again, some 15 years later, and

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Canada Features 

In Niagara (14) Westcott, a Pinot Noir and Chardonnay specialist

August 19, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3463 Views

Website: https://www.westcottvineyards.com/ I’ve been following Westcott with interest over the last few years, and have visited twice before this current

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Canada Features 

In Niagara (13) Meldville, with Derek Barnett

August 18, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3020 Views Niagara

Website: https://meldvillewines.com/about/ I first met Derek Barnett on my first trip to Niagara back in 2013, when he was making

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England Features Regions TOP STORIES 

Danbury Ridge: where thoughtful viticulture, a great climate and magical clays are helping to create England’s best still wines

August 15, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3541 Views

Website: https://www.danburyridge.com/ Danbury Ridge has, in a short time, established a reputation for being the leading producer of still wines

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Features Portugal 

The wines of Luis Pato, Bairrada, Portugal

August 14, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 6283 Views Baga, Bairrada

Website: http://www.luispato.com/ Luis Pato (which is Portuguese for ‘duck’) is probably the best-known producer in the Bairrada region. For a

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Canada Features Regions 

In Niagara (12) Stratus, an important Niagara winery, in a fine-tuning phase

August 11, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4566 Views Niagara

Website: https://stratuswines.com/ Stratus are an important winery for Niagara, and like many wineries in this region they have been on

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California Features 

Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (4) Ramey

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2422 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://www.rameywine.com/ Ramey is one of the star wineries in Sonoma. David Ramey has become well known for his expertise

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Features Spain 

The wines of Piedra Fluida, a relatively new and interesting producer from Tenerife

August 9, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 3212 Views Tenerife

Website: https://bodegapiedrafluida.com/en/ Tenerife has been making some great wines of late, and here’s another good producer, new to me, from

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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is

Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
Features Latest 

Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode
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

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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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