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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (1): exploring the neighbourhoods through the lens of Pinot Noir

July 20, 2024November 4, 2024 jamiegoode 7711 Views pinot noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Back in 2003 the Russian River Pinot Forum was first established. The goal was to educate wine buyers about what

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Burgundy Features Latest Uncategorized 

Discovering the Mâconnais (3) Château de la Greffière

July 19, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 4485 Views Maconnais

Website: https://chateaudelagreffiere.com/en/ Greffière is an exciting producer in the Mâconnais, based in La Roche Vineuse, and they also have a

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Discovering the Mâconnais (2) Terres Secrètes

July 19, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 3192 Views Maconnais

Website: https://terres-secretes.com/en/ The wine world needs good, affordable wine, and when cooperatives are well run, they can help provide it.

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Burgundy Features Latest 

The wines of Dugat Py, a leading domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin, Bourgogne

July 17, 2024 jamiegoode 4543 Views

Website: http://www.dugat-py.com Things are changing in Burgundy (or Bourgogne, as the region now likes to be called). A new generation

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Alsace Features Latest 

Alsace adventure (5) heading north to see Mochel, Pfister and Loew

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 jamiegoode 2598 Views

On a rainy October day in Alsace, Lars Daniels and I headed up to meet three producers working in the

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Alsace adventure (4) the wines of domaine Justin Boxler

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 jamiegoode 3968 Views

Website: www.vinsboxler.fr We visited Domaine Justin Boxler with Charlotte Boxler (pictured above), who now runs the domaine with her cousin

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Discovering the Mâconnais (1) the southern outpost of Bourgogne

July 13, 2024August 11, 2025 jamiegoode 3970 Views Maconnais

I’ve spent the last few days in the Mâconnais, the southern outpost of Bourgogne (or Burgundy as it is known

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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara (10) York Vineyards, an exciting new sparkling wine specialist

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 4049 Views Sparkling wine

It’s often said that if you want to make traditional-method sparkling wine well, you have to specialise in it. And

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Features Latest Rhone 

Exploring Cairanne (2) tasting with the youngsters – Serre-Blanc, Rabasse Charavin, Alary, Grands Serres and Berthet-Rayne

July 11, 2024July 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3847 Views

Tasting with the young vignerons of Cairanne Cairanne is a dynamic appellation and there are quite a few young winegrowers

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Features Latest Rhone 

Exploring Cairanne (5) Boutinot

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 jamiegoode 3018 Views Cairanne

Boutinot are a major UK wine importer and wholesaler, but they also own vineyards in South Africa, England and France.

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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
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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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