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Canada Profiles 

Alternative Okanagan: Anthony Buchanan Wines

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 jamiegoode 7386 Views okanagan

Canada’s Okanagan Valley has lots of different wineries, ranging from big operations to tiny boutique ones. On a recent trip

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judgment of BC
Canada Features TOP STORIES 

The judgment of BC, 2019

October 31, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 9394 Views

How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie

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Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Espera: brilliant natural-leaning wines from Lisboa, Portugal

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.esperawines.pt/en-gb Espera is a natural wine producer based in Alcobaça, in the Lisboa wine region of Portugal. Soils here

La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair
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La Tour Melas, a Greek first growth: tasting the wines over lunch at Gaia, Mayfair

October 15, 2025 jamiegoode
The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Júlio Bastos/Dona Maria, from Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2025October 13, 2025 jamiegoode
Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever
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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

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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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