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Canada Features Regions 

In Niagara (3) Leaning Post

July 1, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5506 Views Niagara

Website: Leaning Post I had an evening free while I was judging the National Wine Awards of Canada, so with

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Visiting Bodegas Tamerán, the winery of David Silva in Gran Canaria

June 29, 2022August 29, 2023 jamiegoode 12224 Views

Bodegas Tamerán is the winery owned by ex-Manchester City footballer (and club legend) David Silva. It’s based in San Bartolomé

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England Features Profiles 

Black Chalk: visiting one of the UK’s leading sparkling wineries

June 23, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7358 Views

Chance delivered both opportunity and killer blows to Black Chalk in quick succession – it was to prove the making

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (1) Hidden Bench

June 19, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 4321 Views

Hidden Bench is one of Niagara’s leading boutique wineries. Owner Harald Thiel bought the Locust Lane vineyard, where the winery

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England Features 

Boom times for English wine: latest figures from WineGB

June 17, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4503 Views

OK stats geeks, here are the latest figures from WineGB, showing the extent of growth of the UK wine production

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Temperature-controlled wine storage units

June 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5306 Views

Wine is sensitive to storage temperatures. In traditional wine-producing countries wine is often stored after bottling in underground cellars, which

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Why we should run a mile if a wine retailer emerges claiming to ‘cut out the middleman’

June 12, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 7383 Views

Every now and then a new wine retailer emerges. Their claim is that they will ‘cut out the middleman’ and

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Bordeaux Features Regions 

The ageing potential of Sauvignon Blanc: Sancerre and Bordeaux over three decades

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022 jamiegoode 11828 Views Sauvignon Blanc

This was an interesting tasting, looking at the two top examples of Sauvignon Blanc ageing over three decades. In the

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Features Food and wine 

Exploring Turkey’s wines with Isa Bal MS

June 6, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 8558 Views Hittites, Turkey

Acclaimed Master Sommelier Isa Bal to turn Producer Michelin starred Trivet already has the largest selection of fine Turkish wine

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Austria Features Latest 

VieVinum 2022: a Victorious Return to Vienna

June 1, 2022June 2, 2022 Treve Ring 5241 Views biodynamics, gruner veltliner, Riesling

After 4 long years, Vie Vinum, Austria’s national wine show, make a victorious return. Spread throughout Vienna’s magisterial Hofburg Palace,

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A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines
China Features Food and wine Latest 

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried
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Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
Features Latest New York State Profiles 

Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

March 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Porto in pictures, with a short film
Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 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.

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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