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Highlights

Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Azores Wine Co. Arinto dos Açores 2018

March 20, 2020March 24, 2020 Treve Ring 5555 Views Azores, volcanic

Winemaker António Maçanita may be best known for his FitaPreta wines in Alentejo, though with this venture he looked to

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Lelie van Saron Chardonnay 2017 Hemel-en-Aarde

March 18, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6526 Views Chardonnay

Natasha Williams is a winemaker who works for Bosman, but she also has her own label, Lelie van Saron. This,

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Egly Ouriet Grand Cru Bru

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 jamiegoode 6547 Views grower champagne

Popped into Noble Rot last night with two wine folk from New York’s Finger Lakes wine region for a pre-dinner

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: a duo from star Jura producer Domaine Labet

March 9, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 11354 Views Chardonnay, Jura, Natural wine

The Labet family of Rotalier in the area south of Lons-le-Saunier, known as the Sud Revermont, have been making thoughtful

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Reyneke Organic Cabernet Merlot 2018

March 5, 2020March 8, 2020 jamiegoode 6079 Views

This is a lovely wine. Seriously impressed by this, and it’s currently a bit of a steal at just £8.99

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Highlights Japan 

Highlight: Domaine Hase Pino Fin Blanc 2018, Nagano, Japan

March 3, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6194 Views Natural wine

This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Luis Seabra Indie Xisto 2016

March 2, 2020March 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6586 Views Douro, Schist

After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on

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Highlights 

Highlights: Ganevat Orégane 2015

February 18, 2020 jamiegoode 8116 Views Jura, Natural wine

This is such a remarkable wine, but that’s what you’d expect from Jean-François Ganevat’s domaine wines. It’s a blend of

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Highlights 

Highlights: Le Rocher des Violettes Côt Vielles Vignes 2017 Touraine

February 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4771 Views

I’m quite a fan of Loire reds, and this Malbec (known locally as Côt) was a nice surprise. It’s very

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: two sparkling wines from Fitzpatrick, Okanagan, Canada

February 5, 2020February 7, 2020 jamiegoode 5508 Views okanagan, Sparkling wine

Fitzpatrick Fitz Blanc de Blanc 2015 Okanagan, Canada12% alcohol. The Fitzpatrick family owned Cedar Creek, and when they sold to

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New (2024 vintage) releases from Jamie Kutch, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers
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New (2024 vintage) releases from Jamie Kutch, one of California’s leading Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: Kutch Wines (includes videos of the vineyards) Over the last few years Jamie Kutch has emerged as one of

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Digital aggregation and the quiet restructuring of Europe’s fine wine distribution

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 jamiegoode
burgundy tasting with jasper morris
Burgundy Features Latest Regions 

Inside Burgundy: a tasting with Jasper Morris, one of the top experts of the region

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino
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Exploring Bolgheri through the lens of one of its top estates: Ornellaia masterclass with Denise Cosentino

March 8, 2026March 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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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