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Profiles Regions South Africa 

Oldenburg, Banhoek, South Africa: Nic Van Aaarde is doing great work with this Stellenbosch producer

July 17, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5491 Views Stellenbosch

Website: https://oldenburgvineyards.com/ There’s a special place in Stellenbosch, and it goes under two variants of the same name. Banghoek and

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (4) Cloudsley Cellars

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 jamiegoode 4719 Views

Website: https://cloudsleycellars.com/ Adam Lowy worked for premium Toronto-based importer Lifford Wines for a couple of decades before setting out on

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Features Portugal Profiles 

Visiting Quinta do Infantado: a leading producer of Port and table wines from Portugal’s Douro

July 3, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6360 Views Douro

Website: https://quintadoinfantado.com/en/ I first visited Quinta do Infantado 20 years ago, in May 2002 when I toured the Douro for

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Austria Profiles Regions 

The wines of Heinrich, one of Austria’s most singular producers

June 24, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 8783 Views biodynamics, Burgenland, Limestone, Schist

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring report on this important Burgenland producer Gernot and Heike Heinrich are custodians of one of

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England Features Profiles 

Black Chalk: visiting one of the UK’s leading sparkling wineries

June 23, 2022August 3, 2022 Lisse Garnett 6674 Views

Chance delivered both opportunity and killer blows to Black Chalk in quick succession – it was to prove the making

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Canada Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (2) Tawse and Redstone

June 22, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4750 Views

Stop two on the Niagara journey was at Redstone winery in Beamsville, to taste their wines but also those of

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Canada Features Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (1) Hidden Bench

June 19, 2022July 7, 2022 jamiegoode 3710 Views

Hidden Bench is one of Niagara’s leading boutique wineries. Owner Harald Thiel bought the Locust Lane vineyard, where the winery

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Features Profiles Slovenia 

In Slovenia (4) visiting Roka, in Kog

May 30, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 5984 Views

Liam and Sinead Cabot hail from Ireland, where they currently run a successful wine importing business, Cabot & Co https://www.cabotandco.com/

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Profiles Slovenia 

In Slovenia (1) visiting Šuklje in Bela Krajina

May 23, 2022July 10, 2022 jamiegoode 5629 Views

Website: http://suklje.com/en/vineyards/ My Slovenian wine adventures began in the eastern region of Bela Krajina (pronounced ‘bella cry-ner’). It’s a small

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Lyme Bay: impressive still wines from this Devon-based producer

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 jamiegoode 3712 Views

Lyme Bay, a winery based in Axeminster, Devon but sourcing grapes from top sites across England, are on a bit

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Features

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever
England Features Latest 

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine
Features Latest 

Paying more for quality, and the crisis of affordability in wine

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level
Bulgaria Features Latest Regions 

Visiting Aya Estate for the opening of their winery: Bulgarian wine playing at a new level

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025 jamiegoode
Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch
Features Italy Latest 

Bonhams is auctioning off the cellar of Locanda Locatelli, and a few of us get to try some of the gems over lunch

October 6, 2025October 6, 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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