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Highlights: Hambledon Classic Cuvée Rosé NV England

July 3, 2025 jamiegoode 671 Views

New release of this impressive rosé from Hambledon, one of the UK’s leading sparkling wine houses. [Aside: keep this out

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Highlights: Bien de Altura Tidao 4 2022 Gran Canaria, Spain

July 3, 2025 jamiegoode 936 Views

A really impressive single vineyard wine from the talented Carmelo Peña, who also makes wine from Lanzarote. This is from

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Slovenia: Roka, Kog

July 1, 2025July 3, 2025 jamiegoode 841 Views

Liam and Sinead Cabot are from Ireland, where they currently run a successful wine importing business, Cabot & Co (https://www.cabotandco.com/).

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Slovenia: Marof, Prekmurje

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 jamiegoode 891 Views

I visited Marof in May 2023 on my first tour of Slovenia, and was impressed. On this trip, I caught

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Slovenia: visiting Tement and Domaine Ciringa, where Austria and Slovenia meet.

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 jamiegoode 1642 Views

Website: https://www.tement.at/en/ Tement is an important producer in Austrian Styria, but their cellar in Zierreg is right on the border

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Slovenia: Vino Gross, in Slovenian Styria

June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1443 Views

Website: https://www.vinogross.com/ Last time I visited Vino Gross I spent time in the vineyards of Haloze, and then tasted in

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In Slovenia, with Velika Lega, a new wine classification for Slovenia’s top wineries

June 29, 2025July 18, 2025 jamiegoode 1068 Views

Website: https://velikalega.com/about-us/ Slovenia is an interesting and diverse wine country. It’s a small country with some important neighbours, and a

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Locals and Nomads, a natural wine bar in Lisbon

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 jamiegoode 1486 Views

Website: https://localsandnomads.com/ Locals and Nomads is a small naturally focused wine bar in Lisbon. I had a gap in my

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PERU’S NATURAL ABUNDANCE INSPIRED THE INCAS TO WORSHIP THE SOIL AND 16th CENTURY CONQUISTADORS TO PLANT THE FIRST EUROPEAN VINES IN LATIN AMERICA 

June 27, 2025June 28, 2025 Lisse Garnett 4135 Views PERU

The wines of Chile

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Highlights: Heimann & Fiai Kadarka 2024 Szekszárd, Hungary

June 26, 2025 jamiegoode 2778 Views

Heimann & Fiai are an impressive producer based in Szekszárd, Hungary. This is their Kadarka, a variety that makes beautiful

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 jamiegoode

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
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Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
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Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 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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