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New Zealand Profiles 

Akitu: top Pinot Noirs from Wanaka, Central Otago

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 jamiegoode 12223 Views Central Otago, pinot noir

Website: https://akitu.wine/ (with notes added on the latest releases, April 2023) Central Otago isn’t just a single region. It’s composed

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Features Greece Profiles 

Exploring Greece (2) Rouvalis Winery, Aigialeia

March 29, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5695 Views

Website: https://www.rouvaliswinery.gr/en/ This was a great visit to a winery making excellent wines from some spectacular terroirs. We are in

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Savage Wines: one of South Africa’s top producers, making balanced, elegant wines

March 20, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 22634 Views

Duncan Savage’s first solo vintage was as long ago as 2011, but he still seems to be a fresh face

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Features France Profiles 

Domaine Capmartin, naturally made wines from southwest France

March 16, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5550 Views

Website: Domaine Capmartin, southwest France This is a family winery, now run by Simon Capmartin. His father created the domaine

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Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 jamiegoode 4768 Views

Website:  https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (8) Domaine Queylus

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022 jamiegoode 5040 Views Niagara

Website: Domaine Queylus This is one of Niagara’s top wineries, and it has an interesting history. Queylus was started by

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California Profiles 

The wines of Louis M Martini, California

December 10, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3513 Views Napa, Sonoma

Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established

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Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 jamiegoode 8617 Views

Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

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Austria Hungary Profiles 

Holass, exciting wines from the border of Austria and Hungary

November 22, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 6970 Views

Website: https://holass.com/ Imre Halász and Ellie Bauwens are the couple behind Holass. It’s a virtual winery, in the sense that

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Features Latest Profiles Rhone 

The wines of Graeme and Julie Bott (Domaine GJ Bott): what happens when a Kiwi comes to the Northern Rhône and finds love and a vocation

November 11, 2022November 13, 2022 jamiegoode 6775 Views

Website: https://www.domaine-gjbott.fr/en/ Graeme Bott is a Kiwi and he married Julie, who’s French and was born in the northern Rhône.

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Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps
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Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode

Giant Steps winery was started in the Yarra Valley by Phil Sexton in the late 1990s. He is a serial

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Yarra Valley (10) Bobar

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Launched today: Regenerative Viticulture, Second Edition
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Launched today: Regenerative Viticulture, Second Edition

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Yarra Valley (9) Rob Dolan Wines
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Yarra Valley (9) Rob Dolan Wines

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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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