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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2012 and 2003 P2

June 14, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7906 Views

The 2012 vintage of Dom Pérignon is released, and for me this is one of the best that I’ve tried.

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Chile Profiles Regions 

Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting traditional wines from extremely old vines

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 jamiegoode 5642 Views

Jose Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo are custodians of a remarkable four-hectare vineyard in Chile’s Maule Valley planted in the

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Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated

June 12, 2021January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 12613 Views chianti

Held in May 2021 in London (one of six global Chianti Classico events, including Chicago, New York, Monaco, Firenze and

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Louis Pommery Brut NV England

June 10, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5653 Views Sparkling wine

Champagne Pommery made the news in 2014 when they decided to start an operation in Hampshire, England, in partnership with

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two innovative wines from Litmus, England

June 9, 2021June 13, 2021 jamiegoode 3702 Views orange wine, pinot noir

Impressed by these two quite innovative wines from Litmus Wines, a winemaking consultancy based at Denbies winery in Surrey. Litmus

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Italy Latest Profiles 

Montecalvi, an exciting small producer from Chianti Classico

June 9, 2021June 8, 2022 jamiegoode 5811 Views chianti

Website: https://www.montecalvi.com/ Montecalvi is an old vineyard and wine has been made here since the 15th century. It became an

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Six from South America, from The Wine Society

June 8, 2021June 20, 2021 jamiegoode 5089 Views

These are six wines that form the Fine Wines of South America case at the Wine Society. At £112, which

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Montebaco: one of the most exciting producers in Ribera del Duero

June 7, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7285 Views Ribera del Duero

Website: https://clubdevinos.tienda/ Montebaco is located between two of the most famous towns in the region: Valbuena de Duero and Pesquera

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England Profiles 

Urban Foxes, England

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 jamiegoode 4118 Views

Website: https://www.urbanfoxeswinery.com/ Urban Foxes is the English sparkling and still wine project of Colette O’Leary and Rebecca Coates. They are

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Argentina Profiles 

The wines of Escala Humana, Argentina

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 jamiegoode 6635 Views

Website: https://www.escalahumanawines.com/ Escala Humana is the project of Germán Masera, who makes wine for Matías Michelini as his day job.

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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
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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

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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