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New Zealand Videos 

Graham Norton’s celebrity wines: tasting the Sauvignon Blanc and ‘Pink by Design’

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 11797 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Since 2014 Graham Norton – comedian, actor and talk show host – has been endorsing a range of wines made

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Black Estate Netherwood Pinot Noir 2014 Waipara Valley, New Zealand

January 4, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 4647 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

This is a deeply impressive New Zealand Pinot Noir, from Black Estate. Winemaking is pretty natural here, and the house

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay (2) six more top wines tasted

December 27, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5308 Views Chardonnay, hawkes bay

A few days ago I reported on six of the twelve Chardonnays (and Ring added her notes, after tasting through

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Features New Zealand 

Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay (1) six top wines tasted

December 25, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6717 Views champagne

January 6, 2021 – I received the same wines as Goode, a few weeks later, and thought it would be

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Features New Zealand 

The Gimblett Gravels 2018 selection: top reds from this famous terroir in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

December 10, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6415 Views

Andrew Caillard, ex-pat Brit and now an Aussie, working for Langtons auction house, has a nice gig. Every year he

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New Zealand Profiles Regions 

Folium: Marlborough Sauvignon and Pinot Noir with a difference

December 5, 2020 jamiegoode 6889 Views Marlborough

I visited Takaki Okada’s vineyard, Folium, when I was hanging around Marlborough (New Zealand) for a while, back in 2017/18.

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Features New Zealand 

Remembering Mike Weersing, an American who brought something special to New Zealand’s fine wine dimension

November 12, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 12602 Views

Jamie Goode pays tribute to Mike Weersing, an inspiring biodynamic winegrower who established a remarkable vineyard in North Canterbury, New

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Damned Mountain Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Marlborough

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 jamiegoode 4446 Views Sauvignon Blanc

Damned Mountain Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Marlborough, New Zealand12.5% alcohol. This is a joint venture between Indigo Wine and an unnamed

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Features New Zealand Oregon 

New Zealand and Oregon Pinot Noir: wines from the edge

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 jamiegoode 11430 Views pinot noir

Over lockdown, there have been quite a few remote tastings, and 67 Pall Mall, with their careful sample preparation, decanting

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Highlights New Zealand TOP STORIES 

Highlights: Mountford Estate The Rise Pinot Noir 2015 North Canterbury, New Zealand

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 jamiegoode 6671 Views

Mountford Estate’s story is an interesting one. They established a big reputation for their wines under winemaker CP Lin: the

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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
Features Latest 

Book review: The Science of Fermentation

November 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is

Wine and travel as competitive sports
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Wine and travel as competitive sports

November 1, 2025November 1, 2025 jamiegoode
Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
Features Latest 

Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode
Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 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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