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Food and wine Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux and Sadie at Noble Rot Mayfair

September 29, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3802 Views Restaurants, swartland

Had a lovely lunch this week at Noble Rot Mayfair, the third restuarant in the Noble Rot franchise after Lambs

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Westcott Pinot Noir 2019 Niagara, Canada

September 23, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3745 Views

Niagara Pinot Noir has come a long way in a decade. I remember my first visit ten years ago, and

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: La Spinetta Timorasso 2021, Piemonte, Italy

September 4, 2023March 5, 2024 Treve Ring 4616 Views Piemonte

Timorasso is an ancient indigenous grape variety of Piemonte, worthy and regarded enough to have its own DOC (!). This

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Highlights 

Highlights: scratching the itschs in Vienna, drinking two nice wines, Jurtschitsch and Markowitsch

September 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3764 Views

I’m excited to be back in Austria, for the  ÖTW Single Vineyard Summit. This is a remarkable tasting of many

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Bordeaux Highlights 

Highlights: Les Cadrans de Lassègue Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

August 31, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 7394 Views

Slightly surprised to see a wine this good in the Flagship AA lounge in Dallas Fort Worth Airport. It’s the

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

August 23, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3016 Views Sparkling wine

This is superb. The new Blanc de Blancs from Hattingley Valley. Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. This

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Ganevat Cuvée Madelon at La Dilettante in Beaune

August 21, 2023July 21, 2025 jamiegoode 5387 Views Restaurants

Beaune is a great town to stay in, and one of the highlights for drinking good wine is La Dilettante.

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Beer Highlights 

Highlights: 20 years of beer from Innis & Gunn – the XX

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 jamiegoode 3412 Views

It was back in 2003 when Dougal Sharp launched Innis & Gunn ‘The Original’, which was a distinctive 6.6% alcohol

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Beaujolais Highlights 

Highlights: Antoine Sunier Régnié Cuvée Montmerond 2020

August 18, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4791 Views Gamay

Antoine Sunier is the brother of Julien Sunier, who has been making wines in Beaujolais since 2008. He came to

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California Highlights 

Highlights: The Alley Palomino 2019 California

August 11, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3461 Views

The Alley Palomino 2019 Contra Costa Vineyard, CaliforniaThis is made by Christina Rasmussen, friend and colleague, and I’ve tried it

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Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
Bordeaux Features Latest Regions 

A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 2026 jamiegoode

I didn’t get to do primeurs in Bordeaux this spring. In fact I never do primeurs in Bordeaux because it’s

Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet
Features Latest Loire 

Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Latest Portugal 

Current releases from Dão legend Antonio Madeira

June 1, 2026June 1, 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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