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Donkey and Goat: Californian wines with a natural twist

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021 jamiegoode 1030 Views Natural wine

Jared and Tracey Brandt have an urban winery in Berkeley, California, called Donkey and Goat, which they started in 2003.

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California Highlights 

Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California

January 6, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 935 Views syrah

Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t

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Three from Merry Edwards

October 24, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 817 Views

Merry Edwards began her winemaking career in the 1970s at Mount Eden Estate, and has also worked at Matanzas Creek.

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California Features 

The wines of Daou, Paso Robles: tilting at the top with Cabernet

September 26, 2020September 27, 2020 jamiegoode 979 Views Paso Robles

Brothers George and Daniel Daou come from Lebanon. The first rocket from the civil war in the 1970s landed in

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Highlights: Whitcraft Winery Grenache Stolpman Vineyard 2018 Ballard Canyon, California

August 17, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 922 Views pinot noir

This is a distinctive and beautiful Californian Grenache, made pretty naturally. Whole bunches are lightly trodden by foot, and then

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California Profiles 

Kinero Cellars and Royal Nonesuch Farm: the wines of Anthony Yount, California

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 jamiegoode 973 Views Paso Robles

Anthony Yount makes wine in Paso Robles. His day job is with Denner Vineyards, but since 2008 he has also

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California Profiles 

TOR: high-end Cabernet from Napa

June 25, 2020 jamiegoode 1184 Views Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

Tor Kenward spent 27 years with Beringer. When he retired in 2001, he set up his own winery, TOR Wines,

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Enfield Wine Co Waterhorse Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

June 13, 2020 Treve Ring 966 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

Take everything you know of Cali Cab and throw it away. Then taste this graceful wine. From Sonoma County’s tiny

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Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard 2017 Santa Maria Valley, California

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 jamiegoode 992 Views Chardonnay

Adam Tolmach began his wine career at Zaca Mesa in Santa Barbara County. Before long he decided to do his

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Harvesting Chardonnay in Carneros, Napa

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 jamiegoode 1039 Views Carneros, Chardonnay, Napa

In September 2015 I joined the Truchard winery in Carneros, Napa Valley, for some harvest experience, picking and processing Chardonnay

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Why alternative packaging for wine has struggled
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Why alternative packaging for wine has struggled

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 jamiegoode

Jamie Goode argues that we are unconsciously wedded to the wine bottle. There is a recurring cycle in the world

Família Nin-Ortiz: terroir-driven wines from Priorat in Spain
Features Latest Profiles Spain 

Família Nin-Ortiz: terroir-driven wines from Priorat in Spain

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode
A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014
Burgundy Features Italy 

A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 jamiegoode
Cartier, Cahors, natural wine and dead Brit bits
Features France 

Cartier, Cahors, natural wine and dead Brit bits

January 13, 2021January 18, 2021 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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