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Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 jamiegoode 9384 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 7607 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 7784 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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Argentina Features Profiles 

Domaine Bousquet: how a winemaker swapped his French winery for an Argentine one, and then his Kuwait-born Iraqi son-in law grew it to be the country’s leading organic winery

November 10, 2022November 30, 2022 jamiegoode 7598 Views Malbec

Website: https://domainebousquet.com/en/ This week I met with Labid al Ameri (pictured above), co-owner of Domaine Bousquet, in London to hear

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England Features Profiles Regions 

Gusbourne: one of the UK’s leading producers

October 24, 2022November 21, 2022 jamiegoode 4504 Views

Website: https://www.gusbourne.com/ Back in 2004 Andrew Weeber planted the first vines of Gusbourne in Appeldore in Kent. The first wines

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Features Profiles South of France 

Costières de Nîmes, an exciting region in the Rhône, part 1: introduction

October 20, 2022January 20, 2023 jamiegoode 7036 Views Costieres de Nimes, southern rhone

Website: https://www.costieres-nimes.org/en/vineyard The most southerly of the Rhône vineyards, Costières de Nîmes is southwest of Avignon, and due south of

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Features Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Cartuxa, an important producer in Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2022October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 6797 Views Alentejo

Website: Cartuxa One of the famous old table wines of Portugal is Pera Manca, which is made by the Cartuxa

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Features Profiles South Africa 

Visiting Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L’Ormarins Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa

October 9, 2022October 26, 2022 jamiegoode 8648 Views

Website: Anthonij Rupert Wyne Antonij Rupert is the wine project based at L’Ormarins estate on the eastern boundary of Franschhoek,

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Greece Profiles Regions 

Chloi Chatzivaryti: beautiful natural wines from Greece

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 jamiegoode 9403 Views

Chloi Chatzivaryti is making some very exciting wines from a subregion of Naoussa called Goumenissa. I first met her at

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Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 5292 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

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Bordeaux 2025 wines en primeur
Bordeaux Features Latest Regions 

A quick appraisal of the 2025 vintage in Bordeaux

June 3, 2026 jamiegoode

I didn’t get to do primeurs in Bordeaux this spring. In fact I never do primeurs in Bordeaux because it’s

Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet
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Jean Baptiste Hardy, making beautiful wines in Muscadet

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 jamiegoode
anselmo and tiago mendes vinho verde
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Exploring Vinho Verde: visiting star producer Anselmo Mendes

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 jamiegoode
antonio madeira dao portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Current releases from Dão legend Antonio Madeira

June 1, 2026June 1, 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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