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Exploring Greece (4) Mega Spileo Estate

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3682 Views

Website: https://megaspileo.gr/en/ Mega Spileo Estate is a dynamic producer based in the mountains of Aigialeia, on the Peloponnese. It’s an

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Australia Features Profiles 

New releases from Place of Changing Winds: a remarkable vineyard-based project in Australia’s Macedon Ranges

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 jamiegoode 10119 Views

Website: https://www.placeofchangingwinds.com.au/ This is a remarkable project from Robert Walters, who for over 15 years has been wine buyer for

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Single vineyard wines from Kamptal, Austria: tasting some excellent Riesling and Grüner Veltliner from top producers

November 3, 2023November 4, 2023 jamiegoode 4845 Views Kamptal

The Single Vineyard Summit, held in September 2023 in Graffnegg, was a remarkable opportunity to try a broad range of

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New releases from BK Wines, a star producer in the Adelaide Hills

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 jamiegoode 3972 Views Adelaide Hills

Website: https://bkwines.com.au/ Brendon and Kirstyn Keys are the B and K in BK Wines, and they are based in the

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Bulgaria Features Latest 

Wines from the Thracian Lowlands of Bulgaria: a study

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 jamiegoode 5251 Views

Back in the 1980s Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon was a supermarket and off-licence staple. Bulgaria’s Soviet-era wine factories were turning out

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The New Viticulture is now out, and I think it’s my best yet, with a video explaining the contents

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 jamiegoode 11621 Views

Today I have launched my new book! I mentioned in Regenerative Viticulture that this was on the way: I said

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Argentina Features 

Argentina goes super-premium: the wines of Bemberg Estate with Daniel Pi

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 4688 Views

Website:  https://www.bembergestatewines.com/eng/home Over recent decades Argentine wine has become well established, and extremely popular. At the more commercial level, Malbec

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New releases from Flint Vineyard, East Anglia

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 jamiegoode 5488 Views

I’ve written about impressive East Anglian winery Flint Vineyard before here and here. They are doing some interesting things. I

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Exploring the Centre Loire (2) Domaine Bernard Fleuriet, Sancerre

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 jamiegoode 4820 Views Sancerre

Website: https://www.fleuriet-sancerre.com/ Bernard Fleuriet is one of Sancerre’s most interesting producers in the region, and we met with Matthieu Fleuriet

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Exploring the Centre Loire (1) Domaine La Croix St-Laurent with Fabien Cirotte

October 14, 2023October 14, 2023 jamiegoode 2701 Views Sancerre

The Domaine La Croix St-Laurent is run by Joël et Sylvie Cirotte and their son Fabien (pictured above), so you

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 jamiegoode

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 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.

As an Amazon Associate this website earns from qualifying purchases (for example, the links for purchasing books). Wineanorak also earns from Google AdSense display advertising.

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

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