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  • Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
  • Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
  • Restaurants: Fat Rabbit, St Catharines, Niagara – so good I went twice in a week
  • The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
  • Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
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Burgundy Profiles 

Domaine Michel Magnien, amphora wines in Burgundy

October 10, 2019October 16, 2019 jamiegoode 10666 Views

Frederic Magnien is a pioneer of terracotta in Burgundy, and is making some very smart wines I was very excited

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Profiles Videos 

Madeira: the ‘niche of the niche’ in fine wine

March 24, 2018September 16, 2019 jamiegoode 6777 Views

When you’re speaking about fringe wine regions, you can slot Madeira at the top of the list. ‘It’s the niche

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Australia Profiles 

10 Minutes x Tractor, a leading winery from the Mornington Peninsula

March 24, 2017September 16, 2019 jamiegoode 4812 Views

Australia’s Mornington Peninsula wine region, not far from Melbourne, is well known for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and one

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New Zealand Profiles Regions 

Prophets Rock, one of Central Otago’s top producers

March 24, 2017February 8, 2021 jamiegoode 6814 Views

Prophet’s Rock is emerging as one of the star wineries of Central Otago. Widely travelled winemaker Paul Pujol is making

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California Profiles Regions 

Arnot Roberts

March 6, 2016October 6, 2019 jamiegoode 6308 Views

Elegant, balanced single vineyard wines from one of California’s most exciting small wineries Website: arnotroberts.com Arnot Roberts is a collaboration between

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Champagne Profiles Regions 

Visiting Champagne Jacques Selosse, with Anselme Selosse

March 24, 2015January 19, 2020 jamiegoode 7469 Views champagne

Selosse is different. And brilliant. It was great to be able to visit this celebrated grower, who in turn has

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Oregon Profiles 

Beckham Estate: great Oregon wines, plus amphorae

March 24, 2015October 20, 2019 jamiegoode 5231 Views

Andrew and Annedria Beckham are making some of Oregon’s most compelling wines, and they have a great story, too. I

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Champagne Profiles Regions 

Champagne Ulysse Collin: visiting and tasting with one of the region’s new stars

March 24, 2015October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 7147 Views

Visiting the Champagne region: a conversation and tasting with Olivier Collin This was a brilliant visit with the dramatic, expressive

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Jura Profiles Regions 

Visiting Ganevat in the Jura: a sort of pilgrimage

March 24, 2015October 4, 2019 jamiegoode 8573 Views

The wines of Jean-François Ganevat   Visiting one of the Jura’s star producers  We arrived in the small hamlet of La

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Profiles Regions South Africa 

Craven Wines: making the most of exceptional Stellenboch vineyards

March 24, 2015November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 5453 Views

Craven Wines: of South Africa’s most interesting producers, making balanced single-site wines from Stellenbosch, report by Jamie Goode and Treve

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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