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Highlights Latest New York State 

Highlights: Standing Stone Teinturier Saperavi 2018

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 6338 Views Saperavi

This is unexpected: a Saperavi from the Finger Lakes. Standing Stone – now owned by Hermann J. Wiemer – first

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Made in clay (1): Talha Day, a festival of amphora wines

April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 jamiegoode 10165 Views Amphora

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring attend Amphora Wine Day at Herdade do Rocim in the Alentejo, Portugal. In this two

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Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 9599 Views Douro

Jamie Goode reviews the wines of Quinta da Carolina, a small quinta taking a new, more interesting direction Luis Pedro

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Westwell: an innovative winery from Kent, UK

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 jamiegoode 9489 Views

The English wine scene is becoming cooler. And one of the cool kids is Westwell. Adrian Pike left the music

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Highlights from Millésime Bio & around Montpellier

February 26, 2020March 5, 2020 Treve Ring 5976 Views biodynamic, Natural wine, Organics, trade

As Goode tidily wrote up, 2020 saw the 27th edition of Millésime Bio, the world’s largest organic wine fair. We crossed

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Simplesmente Vinho 2020

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6495 Views Natural wine

In this short interview, organizer João Roseira talks about Simplesmente Vinho 2020, the wine festival for ‘wines without make-up’, held

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10 superb organic Austrian wines

January 30, 2020February 8, 2020 jamiegoode 11952 Views Austria

Austria is an interesting country for wine at the moment. Here are notes on 10 organic Austrian wines that I

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London drinking: Bedales

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 jamiegoode 7005 Views

Jamie Goode checks out Bedales, a chain of three wine bars with an eclectic selection of wines I’ve been in

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Highlights: two from Abbazia di Novacella, Alto Adige

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 jamiegoode 6360 Views Alto Adige

Abbazia is a monastery dating back to the 12th century in the Alto Adige region of northern Italy. They farm

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Australia Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Ochota Barrels 186 2018 McLaren Vale

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 jamiegoode 7012 Views Grenache, McLaren Vale

I’m a huge fan of Ochota Barrels, who are based in Adelaide Hills but source grapes from a number of

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Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University
China Features Latest Wine Science 

Winter Vine Burial in China, a seminar from Professor Huiqin Ma, China Agricultural University

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 jamiegoode

Huiquin Ma presented a seminar on vine burial to the judges at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards in Macau.

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Courelas da Torre, Alentejo, Portugal

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode
I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose

March 27, 2026March 28, 2026 jamiegoode
Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Australia Features Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace

March 24, 2026March 24, 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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