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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 2672 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 4471 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 3583 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 3066 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 11174 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 3376 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 3515 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 2695 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 2888 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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Features Sweden 

Exploring Swedish wine (5) Kullabergs Vingård

September 6, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3682 Views

Website: https://kullabergs.se/english Kullabergs Vingård is based at the tip of the Kulla Peninsula, and has 18 hectares under vine. We

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Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University
China Features Latest Wine Science 

Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 jamiegoode

Huiquin Ma presented a seminar on vine burial to the judges at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau.

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 28, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 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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