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Features Wine Science 

How can wine regions combat rising temperatures?

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 jamiegoode 5776 Views

Climate chaos is real. With highly irregular weather patterns, we are also seeing a warming trend across the world’s wine

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Features Spain 

L’Enclòs de Peralba, an exciting vineyard-focused project from Penedès

February 11, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5732 Views Penedès

L’Enclòs de Peralba is the project of cousins Leo and Roc Gramona, who come from the Gramona family well known

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Features Italy 

Sassicaia: the famous wine from Tenuta San Guido that kick-started one of Italy’s most celebrated wine regions

February 7, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 9162 Views

Priscilla Incisa presented the 2020 vintage of this famous Tuscan estate in London, along with some back vintages. She is

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Features New Zealand Regions 

Marlborough wine region at 50: interviewing Jamie Marfell of Brancott and Stoneleigh

February 6, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 7004 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

After many years as chief winemaker for Stoneleigh, Jamie Marfell is now Group Winemaker for Pernod Ricard New Zealand, which

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Do green credentials sell wine?

February 4, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 6879 Views biodynamics, Business of wine, Organics

Everyone wants to farm better. But sometimes farming better costs more. So does the added investment pay off? Do green

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Features Israel Latest Regions 

The wines of Israel: a study in 44 wines

February 3, 2023May 27, 2025 jamiegoode 23795 Views

I recently spent a few days in Israel. The trip was primarily about giving two presentations at the inaugural IPEVO

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Features Israel 

Philokalia, a natural winery from Bethlehem, Palestine

February 3, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 12061 Views Natural wine

Natural winery Philokalia was established in 2015 by architect Sari Kouri in the garage of his home in Bethlehem, Palestine.

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Australia Features 

Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues

January 29, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4422 Views

Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of

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Bordeaux Features Regions 

Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated

January 26, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 8040 Views

2020 is a much heralded vintage in Bordeaux. Here I got to try many of the top wines in bottle,

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Features Regions South Africa 

Cap Classique, an exciting category for South African wine

January 25, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 9086 Views

Last fall in Franschhoek, Goode and I spent a morning tasting through 50+ Cap Classique, together with a handful of

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Goode’s Crib Sheets No 4 – South African Chardonnay
Features Latest South Africa 

Goode’s Crib Sheets No 4 – South African Chardonnay

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 jamiegoode

South Africa is currently making some very exciting wines, and Chardonnay is one category that’s performing very well. Here’s my

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys: an overview
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys: an overview

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Appellation Marlborough Wine: the 2025 selection of Sauvignon Blanc
Features Latest New Zealand 

Appellation Marlborough Wine: the 2025 selection of Sauvignon Blanc

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 jamiegoode
North Canterbury, New Zealand (8) Greystone
Features Latest New Zealand TOP STORIES Wine Science 

North Canterbury, New Zealand (8) Greystone

January 21, 2026January 21, 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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