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Video: Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer

January 31, 2021February 3, 2021 jamiegoode 8082 Views Chardonnay

A film from a visit to Kumeu River in west Auckland, New Zealand. The Brajkovich family started making wine here

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Millton Crazy by Nature wines: Cosmo Red and Sirius White

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 jamiegoode 10374 Views biodynamic

I’ve visited James and Annie Millton – biodynamic pioneers in New Zealand’s Gisborne region – a few times now. Here’s

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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 14221 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 5354 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 6190 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 8384 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 7460 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 8006 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 14033 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 5126 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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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut
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Exploring the Roussillon (7) Château Nadal Hainaut

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 jamiegoode

Château Nadal Hainaut, an organic wine producer in the Roussillon making some nice wines. This visit was with Pauline Nadal,

Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha
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Vinho Verde: Quinta da Pegadinha

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily
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Criante, a natural wine producer from Sicily

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting
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Celebrating 25 years of Filipa Pato’s wines with an amazing lunch and tasting

October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 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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