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Features

Features Italy Profiles 

The wines of Giulia Negri, Barolo

March 3, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 20207 Views barolo

Guilia Negri is emerging as an exciting star in Barolo, but her journey isn’t a typical one. She was born

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Features Spain 

Spain’s reinvention: how new wines and new styles have made Spain one of the world’s most exciting wine countries

March 2, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 8113 Views

Each new year, I go through all the notes I’ve taken on wines that I’ve drunk over the previous 365

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The most famous Italian red wines and their pairings

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022 jamiegoode 6839 Views

Italy is one of the world’s leading wine countries. From the relatively cool mountainous north, down to the hot southerly

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Beaujolais Features TOP STORIES 

A natural Beaujolais fest at Soif

February 28, 2022 jamiegoode 5512 Views

Les Caves de Pyrene are a UK wine importer who have shown a big commitment to Beaujolais over the years.

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Australia Features Latest 

Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: pitting top examples against international benchmarks

February 23, 2022 jamiegoode 5936 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley

The Clare Valley is a north-south running valley some 30 km long and 10 km wide, 130 km north of

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Features France 

A Gérard Bertrand dinner on the Seine, with some prestige cuvées

February 19, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 4771 Views

As part of Wine Paris, I attended a Gérard Bertrand dinner on Ducasse sur Seine, which is a remarkable electric

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Features Italy Regions 

Five go to caper island: Celebrating Malvasia in the Aeolian Islands, off the coast of Sicily

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 jamiegoode 7751 Views Sicily

Five go to Caper Island! We fly into Catania (Sicily) and drive past Mount Etna to the port of Melazza.

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Some Fairtrade wines from the Co-op

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 jamiegoode 5849 Views

UK supermarket The Cooperative are the world’s largest retailer of Fairtrade wines. You can read more about what Fairtrade means

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Chile Features Highlights 

Highlights: De Martino Viejas Tinajas Cinsault 2020, Itata, Chile

February 14, 2022February 24, 2022 Treve Ring 5915 Views Amphora, Itata

This wine really launched De Martino, and Itata, on the world wine map when the first vintage in 2011 was

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Features France Wine Science 

Plaimont: looking to old varieties for future success

February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 7167 Views

Back in 1979, three co-operative wineries in the southwest of France joined forces. The cellars of Plaisance, Aignan and Saint

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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 24, 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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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.

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