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Bordeaux Features TOP STORIES 

Château-Figeac: a Saint Émilion star with its own approach

May 18, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 5942 Views

The Manoncourt family have been the custodians of Saint-Émilion star Chateau-Figeac since 1892. Much of the current reputation was built

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Features New Zealand Videos 

Marlborough at 50: tasting three of the region’s best-known Sauvignons on camera

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 7037 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

I popped into a local supermarket and found these three popular Sauvignon Blancs from the 2022 vintage, took them home,

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Features Portugal 

Pêra-Manca vertical tasting: tasting multiple vintages of this cult Alentejo (Portugal) wine, plus others from the Cartuxa portfolio

May 10, 2023July 9, 2023 jamiegoode 8018 Views Alentejo

Pêra-Manca is the name for the ‘cult’ red and white wines made by large Alentejo producer Adega Cartuxa, which since

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Exploring Bairrada, Portugal, on the Baga trail (1) Vadio

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4989 Views

Luís Patrão was for a long time the wine maker at large Alentejo winery Esporão, a job he stayed in

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Champagne Features Latest 

Champagne Billecart Salmon release the 2008 Cuvée Nicolas François, and it’s a stunner

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4973 Views

Champagne Billecart Salmon have released the 2008 vintage of one of their flagship wines, the Cuvée Nicolas François. This is

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Alsace Features Latest 

Focus: Alsace Riesling

May 2, 2023 Treve Ring 5698 Views Riesling

Earlier this year, Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d’Alsace (Vins Alsace) held a worldwide Millésimes Alsace DigiTasting, sending out hundreds of

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Burgundy Features Latest TOP STORIES 

A vertical of Grand Cru Echezeaux from Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 jamiegoode 5347 Views

This was a tasting dinner at Noble Rot with cousins Marion Nauleau-Mugneret and Lucie Teillaud-Mugneret of Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg, in which we

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Australia Features Latest 

Gant & Co: stylish wines from Margaret River, Western Australia

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 jamiegoode 4651 Views

Matt Gant is an Australian winemaker known for his brand First Drop, which he made for 15 years before selling

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Australia Features 

Yalumba: champions of Viognier, tasting five different examples

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 jamiegoode 9761 Views Viognier

Australian winery Yalumba are an interesting wine company. They are big, but not huge. They manage to behave like a

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Why do wines fail? Insights from a major competition

April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 5698 Views

I’ve spent the last week judging wines at the International Wine Challenge as one of the co-chairs. The judging process

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Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
Features Italy Latest 

Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in January 2025 well known Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli closed the doors on his London restaurant Locanda Locatelli rather

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

October 5, 2025October 6, 2025 jamiegoode
Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
California Features Latest Rhone 

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

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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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