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Italy Profiles 

Prosecco: wines from two good producers, Le Rughe and Anna Spinato

May 30, 2021 jamiegoode 3749 Views prosecco

These Proseccos are from two producers – Le Rughe and Anna Spinato – imported into the UK by the Beverage

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Profiles Regions Spain 

Remebering Alejandro Fernández, whose Tinto Pesquera wines helped make the reputation of Spain’s Ribera del Duero region

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 jamiegoode 11409 Views Ribero del Duero

This weekend, Alejandro Fernandez, the founder of Pesquera, died aged 88. He was an important figure in establishing Ribera del

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Burgundy Profiles 

Visiting Domaine Ninot, Rully, Bourgogne

May 19, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6920 Views

Domaine Ninot is based in Rully, in the Côte Chalonnaise. This is just south of the Côte d’Or, and shares

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The wines of David Large, Beaujolais

May 15, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 7505 Views Gamay

Website: https://www.davidlarge.fr/ David Large is a young vigneron based in Montmelas, in the southwest of the Beaujolais region. Here his

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Features Japan Profiles 

In Nagano, Japan: Hayashi Noen (Hayashi Winery, Goichi Wine)

May 14, 2021 jamiegoode 7541 Views Nagano

Website: http://www.goichiwine.co.jp/ It was a bright but chilly early March day when we visited Hayashi Noen (also referred to as

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Profiles Regions Uruguay 

Discovering the wines of Uruguay: Cerro Chapeu/Castel Pujol, the wines of the Carrau family

April 7, 2021 jamiegoode 7804 Views tannat

I met with owner/winemaker Dr Francisco Carrau and his daughter Pia Carrau to taste these wines. The name of the

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England Profiles 

New releases from Simpsons Wine Estate in Kent

April 6, 2021 jamiegoode 5025 Views

Based on the slopes of the North Downs in Kent, Simpsons Wine Estate is an impressive operation turning out some

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Germany Profiles Regions TOP STORIES 

Gut Hermannsberg: visiting this Nahe winery, one of Germany’s top estates

March 27, 2021 jamiegoode 8744 Views Nahe

Website: https://gut-hermannsberg.de/en One of my few vineyard visits of 2020 was to Gut Hermannsberg, in Germany’s Nahe region. It was

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Features Profiles Spain TOP STORIES 

El Marco de Jerez: the terroir revolution in the Sherry Triangle, with Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 (UBE, Agostado, Pandorga)

March 9, 2021May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 9604 Views sherry

There is a revolution afoot in the Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle that includes Jerez, El Puerto and Sanlúcar).

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Features France Profiles 

Gérard Bertrand’s Virtual Organic French Wine Festival

February 28, 2021March 2, 2021 Treve Ring 6989 Views organic

Gérard Bertrand held a virtual Organic French Wine Festival last week, with invited distributors, media, retailers, and sommeliers tasting through a

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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is

Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode
Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 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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