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Moldova’s best wines, part 3: wineries D-G

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 jamiegoode 6650 Views

Vinăria DAC DAC Balada Duro 201913% alcohol. 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 35% Fetească Regală, 15% Chardonnay. This is fruity and lively

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Features Moldova Regions 

Moldova’s best wines, part 1, introduction

June 24, 2021June 28, 2021 jamiegoode 9526 Views

Jamie Goode tastes some of the top wines from Moldova, a country where wine is integral to the way of

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Features Moldova Regions 

Moldova’s best wines, part 2 – wineries A-C

June 24, 2021June 27, 2021 jamiegoode 9901 Views

Agrici Winery Founded in 1958 and then modernized in 2000 with state-of-the-art equipment. This is the winemaking arm of the

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Features Italy Profiles 

Pio Cesare: 140 years of benchmark Barolo and Barbaresco

June 23, 2021May 14, 2022 jamiegoode 8854 Views barbaresco, barolo, Nebbiolo, piedmont

This was a tasting to celebrate 140 years of this important Piedmont producer, whose production is split almost equally between

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England Profiles Regions 

Busi-Jacobsohn, an exciting new English sparkling wine producer

June 22, 2021July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 6112 Views

Website: https://www.busijacobsohn.com/ Based in Eridge, near Tunbridge Wells, a new sparkling wine producer has sprung up. Busi-Jacobsohn. Susanna Busi Jacobsohn

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Charbono both ways from Shypoke Winery in Calistoga, Napa

June 19, 2021 jamiegoode 6570 Views

There are just 75 acres of Charbono left on the planet, say Shypoke Winery. This isn’t strictly true, if you

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Argentina California Chile Features 

País, Mission, Criolla Chica: the Beaujolais of the Americas?

June 18, 2021August 1, 2021 Lisse Garnett 11309 Views Mission, Pais

Much like the Gamay of Beaujolais, twenty years ago País was seen as fit for only commonplace, lowly table wine.

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Austria Features 

Grüner Veltliner study, and a remarkable story about the discovery of its parentage

June 17, 2021February 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6249 Views gruner veltliner

Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most important grape variety, and it’s one that is growing in popularity elsewhere. With almost 14

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Features South Africa 

The different faces of South African Chenin Blanc

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 jamiegoode 13455 Views Chenin Blanc

Of all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be

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Japan Profiles 

In Nagano, Japan: Domaine Sourire

June 15, 2021 jamiegoode 4100 Views Nagano

This is a small winery established in June 2019 in Shiojiri City, and it is also a bakery. It was

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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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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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