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Portugal Profiles 

Textura wines: a new project from Portugal’s Dão wine region

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 jamiegoode 6276 Views Dao

Textura wines, Dão, Portugal Textura is a new family-owned winery that began in 2018. It’s based on 7 plots (22

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Features New York State Regions 

Mini-study: Finger Lakes Riesling – Osmote, Fox Run, Hosmer

July 18, 2021January 25, 2023 jamiegoode 4678 Views

The Finger Lakes in New York State has emerged as one of the wine world’s hotspots for Riesling. The combination

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Soalheiro Allo Loureiro Alvarinho 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal

July 18, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4485 Views

I think I may have found my new go-to summer white. I found it in a small wine bar in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Bodegas y Viñedos Ponce Clos Lojen Bobal 2020 Manchuela, Spain

July 16, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5827 Views

Juan Antonio Ponce gained experience working for Telmo Rodríguez before setting up his own project at the young age of

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England Videos 

Video: visiting Busi-Jacobsohn, a new sparkling wine producer in East Sussex, England

July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 3909 Views

You can read a full write-up of the visit here https://wineanorak.com/2021/06/22/busi-jacobsohn-and-exciting-new-english-sparkling-wine-producer/

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Chile Features 

Duval x Ventisquero = Obliqua: high-end Carménère from Apalta, Chile

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 jamiegoode 5698 Views carmenere

This pair of high-end Carménère’s was introduced live by Ventisquera chief winemaker Felipe Tosso and viticulturist Sergio Homazabal. They are

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Features France TOP STORIES 

A remarkable Mondeuse from the hero of this Savoie variety

July 10, 2021 jamiegoode 8773 Views mondeuse, Savoie

Michel Grisard Domaine Prieuré Saint Christophe M……14  Vin de FranceMichel Grisard worked on his family farm until 1982, when he

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Chile Highlights 

Highlights: Viña Marty Goutte d’Argent Sauvignon Blanc 2018, a Chilean Sauvignon made with sake yeast

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 6282 Views

This is a bit different: a Sauvignon Blanc made with sake yeast from Chile, and it’s really good. Viña Marty

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Burgundy Profiles 

The Bret Brothers, La Soufrandière, Bourgogne

July 9, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 11635 Views Chardonnay

Goode and Ring report on one of the most exciting domaines in the Mâconnais, a region that’s increasingly turning out

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Regions Spain 

Blending Sal da Terra 2020

July 7, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 4395 Views Albarino

So it’s time to blend the 2020 vintage of Sal da Terra Albariño, made by Eulogio Pomares from two vineyard

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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
California Features Latest Rhone 

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

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

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
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett

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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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