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New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025 jamiegoode 4751 Views Central Otago

Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure days 4 and 5, heading to Central Otago and visiting Te Kano

February 12, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2531 Views Central Otago

It’s a strange drive from Waipara to Queenstown, and a long one. The first two and a half hours is

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure, day 3, Waipara and North Canterbury

February 8, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2976 Views North Canterbury

Day 3 in New Zealand, and my last day in Waipara/North Canterbury. It turned out to be an excellent one.

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New Zealand adventure, day 2, Waipara

February 6, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3551 Views North Canterbury

The day begins as light begins to dissolve the darkness, and I see it all from my bed in the

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure, day 1: Waipara, North Canterbury

February 4, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3766 Views North Canterbury

I’m back in New Zealand for the first time since 2019, and it feels great, despite the jetlag. I travelled

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Features New Zealand 

40 years of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc

January 29, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 6519 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

New Zealand’s most famous wine, the Marlborough icon, hits middle age It was back in 1985 that the first vintage

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Tasting the 2023s from Felton Road, a leading winery from New Zealand’s Central Otago region

December 1, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 5553 Views Central Otago, Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicola Greening was in town to show off the 2023s from star Central Otago winegrower Felton Road. This was a

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Features New Zealand 

Pyramid Valley: tasting the 2020 Botanical Collection wines from this special New Zealand producer

September 16, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 3142 Views Chardonnay, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Website: https://www.pyramidvalley.co.nz/ ‘It’s a big moment in time for us at Pyramid Valley,’ said Steve Smith, introducing this tasting of

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay: a top 12 from the 2022 vintage in this important New Zealand wine region

August 7, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 4220 Views Chardonnay, Hawke's Bay

These Chardonnays were selected by Cameron Douglas, MS, as the Hawke’s Bay Annual Chardonnay Collection Vintage 2022. 42 wines submitted,

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Features New Zealand 

Clos Henri: one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers revamps its range

May 21, 2024July 20, 2024 jamiegoode 5139 Views

Website: www.closhenri.com Of all the wineries in Marlborough, one of the most interesting is Clos Henri, which is owned by

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A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer
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A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode

UK wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd have just launched an offer of some back vintages of Vega Sicilia. (The

te kano, central otago
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Visiting Te Kano, an important producer with vineyards in Central Otago and Waitaki

July 23, 2026July 24, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines
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Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026 jamiegoode
The impressive wines of Wolfgang Seher, Weinviertel, Austria
Austria Features Latest 

The impressive wines of Wolfgang Seher, Weinviertel, Austria

July 22, 2026July 22, 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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