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Features Portugal Regions 

Honrado: an exciting Alentejo project combining enotourism, traditional gastronomy and talha wine

October 1, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2423 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Website: https://www.honrado.pt/ The south of the Alentejo wine region in Portugal is currently home to an exciting revival of traditional

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Features New Zealand 

Pyramid Valley: tasting the 2020 Botanical Collection wines from this special New Zealand producer

September 16, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2582 Views Chardonnay, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Website: https://www.pyramidvalley.co.nz/ ‘It’s a big moment in time for us at Pyramid Valley,’ said Steve Smith, introducing this tasting of

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Features Portugal 

XXVI Talhas: a remarkable winery in the Alentejo working only with old clay vessels

September 12, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 4393 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Website: https://www.xxvi-talhas.pt/ Ricardo Sanios is the dude behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira (it’s pronounced ‘vin-say-sh tal-yas’ if

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Australia Features Regions 

Visiting Yangarra, a star producer in Australia’s McLaren Vale

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3460 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

Website: https://www.yangarra.com/ The story of Yangarra nicely tracks with the revival of Grenache as a key variety in Australia, where

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California Features 

Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (6) Benovia

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2961 Views Chardonnay, pinot noir, Russian River Valley, Sonoma

Website: https://benoviawinery.com/ Benovia is a really impressive Russian River Valley winery that began in 2005. It’s a partnership between Joe

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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (1) introduction

September 6, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 10582 Views

I’ve just spent a few days exploring Sweden’s vineyards, which are mostly based in Skåne in the south of the

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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (8) Flyinge Vingård

September 6, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3217 Views

Website: https://www.flyingevingard.com/ Vombsänkan, where Flyinge is located, is the historic horse region in Sweden, and horses have been bred here

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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (9) Jesper Friberg

September 6, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3412 Views

Jesper Friberg is a freelance winemaker with wide experience internationally. He worked for a year in Felton Road, and spent

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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (7) Skepparps Vingård

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 jamiegoode 2580 Views

Website: https://www.skepparpsvingard.se/ Located close to Brösarp and Haväng in Österlen, Skepparps has something unusual in Sweden: a hillside vineyard. Owner

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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (6) Lottenlund Estate

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 jamiegoode 2801 Views

Website: https://www.lottenlundestate.se/en/ Tina Berthelsen is the owner of Lottenlund estate, in Allerum near the town of Helsingborg. With her partner,

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Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
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Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

March 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://apollospraise.com/ This is an exciting new project in the Finger Lakes of New York State. Julia Hoyle (winemaker at

Porto in pictures, with a short film
Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro
Features Latest Spain 

Augalevada, a star from Spain’s Ribeiro

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Eulogio Pomares and Zarate: amazing wines from Rías Baixas
Features Latest Spain 

Eulogio Pomares and Zarate: amazing wines from Rías Baixas

February 28, 2026 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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