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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta de la Rosa: the elegant side of Portugal’s Douro

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 1084 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ I’ve been following the wines of Quinta de La Rosa for a long time. Owned by the Bergqvist

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Impressive Dão wines from Julia Kemper

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 873 Views Dao

There’s something special about Portugal’s Dão wine region, and there’s now a roll call of producers doing really good things

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Burgundy Features Latest 

Some photographs from Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026 jamiegoode 649 Views photos

Yesterday’s filiming location was the Bourgogne Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne.

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China Features Latest 

Judging the 2026 Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 jamiegoode 929 Views

In March 2026 a group of experienced wine judges from around the world gathered in Macau, China, to judge the

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Features Latest Profiles South Africa 

Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode 3205 Views

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

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Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode 1504 Views

Website: https://www.domainedestourelles.com/ At Wine Paris I caught up with Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Tourelles

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Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode 1043 Views Riesling

Website: https://www.brookswine.com/ I’ve featured Oregon winery Brooks here quite a bit (see an article from a visit in 2014, and

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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 2769 Views

The landscape of Champagne is shifting. After several years of record sales, the region is navigating a more uncertain market,

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California Features Latest Profiles 

At Far Mountain, Rodrigo Soto is making some exciting wines from mountain vineyards in Sonoma

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 jamiegoode 888 Views

Website: https://farmountainwine.com/ ‘I was a below-average student,’ says Rodrigo Soto, recalling his formative years growing up in Chile. He spent

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Features Italy Latest 

Brunello di Montalcino is unashamedly a wine that takes time to mature, and time feels noticeably short for us all. In a world that values fast trends, fashion and instant gratification, might patience be rewarded?

March 28, 2026March 30, 2026 Lisse Garnett 2983 Views Brunello di Montalcino, The Libération Tardive Foundation

Lisse Garnett investigates… The Libération Tardive Foundation is a UK-based non-profit that was set up by a group of wonderfully

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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?
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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?

July 3, 2026 jamiegoode

This was a seminar at the FLXcursion event that I’ve just come back from. The goal was to explore the

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region
Austria Features Latest 

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region

July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria
Austria Features Latest 

The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell
England Features Latest 

A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell

July 2, 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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