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Features France Wine Science 

Plaimont: looking to old varieties for future success

February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 7348 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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Burgundy Features 

The 2019s from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

February 11, 2022February 24, 2022 jamiegoode 12929 Views

Jamie Goode tastes the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2019 releases Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, usually just referred to as DRC,

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Chile Features 

New Wave Chile is here, with a little help from South Africa: the wines of Longavi

February 10, 2022May 15, 2022 Lisse Garnett 6012 Views

Inspired by the Swartland Revolution, three men have started a cross cultural company making low intervention wines from old vines

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Canada Features Profiles 

Lightfoot & Wolfville: exciting wines from Nova Scotia, Canada

February 7, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 6086 Views Nova Scotia

Lightfoot & Wolfville have, in a short time, established themselves as one of Nova Scotia’s – and also Canada’s –

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Features 

The problem with varietial labelling

February 6, 2022May 15, 2022 jamiegoode 5440 Views

California in the 1960s, Australia in the 1970s. A shift in emphasis that was to prove a turning point in

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California Features 

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, some of the world’s most expensive grapes

January 31, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 14565 Views Napa

Grape prices are really interesting. They vary quite a lot, dependent on region, variety, health of the grapes, the vineyard

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Features Languedoc 

Three interesting Pays d’Oc wines: Nielluccio, Roussanne/Viognier and a Syrah-led red blend

January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 5392 Views

The Languedoc is an interesting place to grow wine grapes, with lots of great terroirs and also a climate conducive

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Features Japan Profiles 

New releases from Château Mercian, Japan

January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 jamiegoode 4781 Views

I tasted these new releases from important Japanese producer Mercian on a zoom call with their team. As well as

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Features Italy Profiles 

The wines of La Fiorita, Montalcino, Tuscany

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 jamiegoode 5129 Views Brunello, Sangiovese

La Fiorita was founded in 1992 by consultant winemaker Roberto Cipresso. In the mid-noughties Cipresso helped American actor Natalie Oliveros

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Features 

Carignan: a small study

January 23, 2022January 28, 2022 jamiegoode 4915 Views Carignan

Time to taste five wines all made from Carignan. It’s an interesting variety that is well adapted to warm climates,

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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
Features Latest 

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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