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Beaujolais Latest Profiles 

Château du Moulin-à-Vent: a new Beaujolais star

April 29, 2020April 30, 2020 jamiegoode 9767 Views Gamay

Moulin-à-Vent is one of the most prestigious of the crus of Beaujolais, and has a reputation for making ageworthy wines.

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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Les Pervenches: stunning natural wines from Québec’s Chardonnay Pioneer

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 10972 Views Chardonnay, Quebec

Once just a tourist industry making wines for local consumption, Québec’s wine scene is beginning to wake up, led by

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Latest Profiles Uruguay 

In Uruguay: De Lucca

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 jamiegoode 5687 Views

Jamie Goode visits De Lucca in Uruguay’s main wine region, Canelones. The family influence is Italian, but Dr Reinaldo De

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England Profiles 

Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 7919 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 8799 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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Profiles Uruguay Videos 

In Uruguay: visiting Viña Edén in Maldonado

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 jamiegoode 8476 Views

For my second visit in Uruguay, I headed to the hills of Pueblo Edén, 20 km from the coast near

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Alsace Profiles 

Domaine Ostertag, Alsace

March 15, 2020 jamiegoode 7883 Views

Catching up with the wines of Domaine Ostertag, one of Alsace’s top producers Back in 1998 André Ostertag transitioned his

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westwell
England Latest Profiles 

Westwell: an innovative winery from Kent, UK

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 jamiegoode 8815 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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Profiles Washington State 

Washington State wine: Gramercy Cellars, Walla Walla

March 12, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 8314 Views syrah

Greg Harrington has the coveted Master Sommelier (MS) qualification (he got it aged just 26), and in 2005 he started

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Champagne Features Profiles Sparkling wine 

In Champagne: Vilmart et Cie

March 11, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 9617 Views grower champagne

Continuing their journey through Champagne, Ring and Goode visit Laurent Champs at Vilmart, and discover wines of elegance and purity

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
California Features Latest Rhone 

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
Features Latest 

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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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