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Australia Features 

William Downie, one of Australia’s most thoughtful winegrowers, based in Gippsland, Victoria

June 10, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 7489 Views Gippsland, pinot noir

Website: https://www.williamdownie.com.au/ William Downie is one of the most thoughtful and interesting winegrowers in Australia. I visited back in December

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Champagne Features 

Champagne Pierre Gimonnet: tasting these excellent grower Champagnes with Didier Gimonnet

June 9, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3975 Views

Website: https://www.champagne-gimonnet.com/ Based in Cuis, Gimonnet is one of the larger grower Champagne producers with 28 hectares of vines. Half

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Features Portugal 

Malhadinha Nova head north: noted Alentejo estate makes new wines in Portalegre – Teixinha

June 6, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 2993 Views Alentejo

Malhadinha Nova are a well regarded Alentejo estate, based in the southern end of the region, close to the Algarve.

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Features Regions South Africa 

Sakkie Mouton: an exciting new producer from the Cape’s West Coast

June 4, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 4810 Views

Website: https://www.smfw.co.za/ Sakkie Mouton wanted to be a musician but he’s ended up making some thrilling wines from the West

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Features Food and wine 

On corkage: should restaurants let you bring your own bottles, and if so, how much should they charge?

June 1, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 11656 Views Restaurants

Restaurants hardly ever cellar wine these days (it’s far too expensive for most, although there are some noble exceptions). But

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Features South Africa 

Boschendal, an important South African winery

May 31, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 3408 Views

Website: https://boschendal.com/ Boschendal is an important winery for South Africa, filling in that important space between big brand and boutique.

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Champagne Features New to wine 

Champagne: an introduction

May 28, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 10512 Views

Champagne makes the world’s most famous sparkling wines. Here’s a brief introduction to the region and its wines. Where is

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England Features 

Ortega, Britain’s great white hope or just another white elephant?

May 26, 2024July 20, 2024 Lisse Garnett 8355 Views

‘If there is one varietal that cannot be accused of a lack of flavour, it is the German vine crossing

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Features New Zealand 

Clos Henri: one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers revamps its range

May 21, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 4169 Views

Website: www.closhenri.com Of all the wineries in Marlborough, one of the most interesting is Clos Henri, which is owned by

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Features Portugal 

A revolution at Cortes de Cima in Portugal’s Alentejo

May 20, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 9692 Views Alentejo

(Updated May 2024 with notes on new release wines) In 2020 Anna Jørgensen took over at Cortes de Cima, a

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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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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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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