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Taking Pinotage seriously: a vertical of Kanonkop’s Black Label Pinotage

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 jamiegoode 18548 Views Pinotage

Pinotage is a grape variety that has struggled to be taken seriously. It has wrestled with a reputation of making

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Features France Latest Regions Rhone 

A spotlight on Hermitage: exploring the famous hill and tasting 25 examples

May 10, 2022 jamiegoode 8935 Views syrah

The appellation of Hermitage, in France’s northern Rhône wine region, is a place of wine pilgrimage, because this is where

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Australia Features Latest 

Fifty years of Australian Chardonnay

May 1, 2022 jamiegoode 5999 Views Chardonnay

I like Aussie Chardonnay. I remember when I was first getting into wine, and I tried quite a few. In

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Features Latest Portugal 

The NAT’Cool! Universe

April 26, 2022February 27, 2023 Treve Ring 9461 Views NATCool, Niepoort

Easily one of the world’s top winemakers, Dirk Niepoort’s insight extends beyond soils, grapes and blends, but into humans, predicting

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England Features 

How natural wine conquered the UK: Lisse Garnett interviews Doug Wregg the man that brought it here

April 25, 2022May 15, 2022 Lisse Garnett 7729 Views Natural wine

Natural wine, ‘the yeast of Eden’, the ‘Devil’s spawn’, or a completely fictional meaningless term – is a very successful

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Features TOP STORIES 

Regenerative viticulture, my new book, is out now

April 22, 2022 jamiegoode 11908 Views

It’s out! My new book, on the topic of regenerative viticulture. Here’s the blurb. Viticulture faces a turning point. We

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Chile Features Regions 

Chilean Sauvignon Blanc: tasting 18 examples

April 20, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 7816 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc is an important grape for Chile. It’s the second most planted variety, with 15 222 hectares. Things really

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Champagne Features 

Visiting Champagne Ayala, Aÿ

April 16, 2022June 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5342 Views

Champagne Ayala are based in the village of Aÿ, but they are an oddity: this is Pinot Noir country, but

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Features Rhone 

The wines of Château Manissy, Tavel and environs in the southern Rhône

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 jamiegoode 4575 Views

Website: Château de Manissy The vineyards of Château de Manissy were planted by monks. Well, to be more precise, by

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England Features Profiles 

Catching up with Nyetimber, England’s Sparkling Champion

April 13, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 7666 Views Sparkling wine

As has been widely chronicled, Nyetimber is the largest, and best known English sparkling wine producer, and their growth and

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