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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: Kalfu Sumpai Sauvignon Blanc Nicolasa Vineyard 2020 Huasco Valley, Chile

April 17, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3779 Views Sauvignon Blanc

What’s special about this wine? It’s a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that comes from the northerly vineyards Ventisquero planted in the

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England Highlights 

Highlights: three new releases from English winery Westwell

April 14, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 2582 Views

Westwell Naturally Petulant Pink 2022 Kent, England12% alcohol£25 Westwell https://www.westwellwines.com/collections/all/products/naturally-petulant-pink-2022This is a disgorged PetNat with no additions. It’s a blend

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes

March 30, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 4351 Views Blaufrankisch, cabernet franc

I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

March 12, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 2644 Views Albarino

Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker

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Highlights Oregon 

Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon

March 9, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 2982 Views

Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).

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Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 DOP Madeirense, Portugal

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 jamiegoode 2899 Views Madeira

Here I’m tasting Barbeito Vinhas de Lanço Vedelho 2020 which is a table wine made from Madeira grapes by the

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Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020

February 18, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3710 Views syrah

Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Northern Rhône, FranceI can’t remember ever having a bad bottle from Dard & Ribo, the natural

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain

February 17, 2023April 28, 2023 Treve Ring 3282 Views Canary Islands, Island wine, Tenerife, volcanic

Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane

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Argentina Highlights 

Highlights : Bodega y Viñedos Nicolas Catena La Marchigiana Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2019, Mendoza, Argentina

February 15, 2023April 28, 2023 Treve Ring 4083 Views Amphora, Natural wine

La Marchigiana is Catina’s respectful look to the past, fermenting indigenous Criolla in clay pots. Though the amphora here was

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017, England

February 6, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3056 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive English fizz. Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017 Sussex, England12% alcohol. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier aged

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The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

Earlier this month I was invited to contribute to The Judgement of Cape Town, a blind tasting of premium Chardonnay

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines
Austria Features Latest Regions 

Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary
Features Hungary Latest 

Tomcsányi: natural wines from Somló, Hungary

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 jamiegoode
Pharaoh, Athens: a cool vibe, with wood-fired Greek cooking, vinyl and an amazing wine list
Features Greece Latest 

Pharaoh, Athens: a cool vibe, with wood-fired Greek cooking, vinyl and an amazing wine list

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 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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