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Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Les Champs de Themis Bouzeron Les Corcelles 2014 Bourgogne

October 4, 2020 jamiegoode 6795 Views Aligote

I visited Xavier Moissenet at his domaine in Bouzeron last year. This is a bottle he gave me then: his

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2010

October 3, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 8421 Views

This was a difficult vintage in Champagne that yielded few vintage wines. But despite this – and perhaps because of

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Dr. Edge Pinot Noir 2017, Tasmania

September 30, 2020November 14, 2020 Treve Ring 4776 Views

Dr. Edge is the personal wine project of Peter Dredge, the head winemaker of Meadowbank. This is a blend of

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Highlights Italy 

Highlight: Manuel Pulcini Marròca 2018

September 24, 2020October 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6681 Views biodynamics

Young winemaker Manuel Pulcini grew up in his family’s vineyards and winery on the outskirts of Rome, which imprinted into

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Blackbook ‘Little Wonder’ Cabernet Noir Redhill Farm Estate 2018 Kent, England

September 22, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5834 Views

Cabernet Noir is an interesting grape varieties. It is one of the resistant crosses made by Valentin Blattner in Switzerland,

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Highlights South of France 

Highlights: Domaine du Gros’ Noré 2017 Bandol, France

September 21, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 5961 Views Bandol, Mourvedre

Alain Pascal began this domaine in 1997. I first came across these wines courtesy of La Vigneronne, a wine shop

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2008

September 20, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 11700 Views

The long-awaited 2008 version of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, has been released. I drank a bottle of it

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Litmus Red Pinot 2018 England

September 18, 2020 jamiegoode 6241 Views

This is made by Litmus Wines at Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey. It’s called ‘Red Pinot’ because it is a

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Highlights 

Highlights: Jean-François Ganevat Plein Sud Trousseau 2018 Côtes du Jura

September 18, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 7671 Views Jura, Natural wine

Had this at Noble Rot Soho. It’s a Trousseau from the Jura, made without any added sulfites. Infusion-style winemaking with

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Hook Winery McCall Vineyard Merlot 2016 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

September 14, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 5695 Views Long Island

The Red Hook Winery is an urban winery in Brooklyn, New York. I visited back in August 2018, and was

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Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.jimbarry.com/news/loosenbarry-unique-collaboration-meeting-minds-shared-obsession Loosen Barry is a fun (and quite serious) joint Riesling project, and I did a deep dive into

All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
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All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canada Features Latest Regions 

Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
Features Latest 

Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society

October 8, 2026October 8, 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.

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