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Video: Languedoc wine camp, edition 1, 2021

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 jamiegoode 6386 Views
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Tasting the top Gérard Bertrand wines at the harvest festival

September 23, 2021December 11, 2021 jamiegoode 7360 Views

The centre point of the Harvest Festival 2021 at Gérard Bertrand was a tasting through the high-end estate wines, which

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Harvest in Champagne, September 2021

September 18, 2021March 28, 2022 jamiegoode 6940 Views

I spent yesterday in the vineyards of the north-facing slopes of the Montagne-de-Reims, primarily in Verzenay, but also in Mailly,

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The wines of Mann, Alsace

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 7655 Views

Website: www.vins-mann.com Domaine Jean-Louis et Fabienne Mann is based in Eguisheim, 7 kilometers south of Colmar. The family used to

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From Champagne to sake, Richard Geoffroy starts a new chapter with IWA sake

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 jamiegoode 11722 Views sake

Website: https://iwa-sake.jp/ Richard Geoffroy was for a long time the face of Dom Pérignon. But after being associated with this

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South Africa Videos 

Tasting some highlights from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6256 Views

Jamie Goode, Greg Sherwood and Lisse Garnett taste some of the wines from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021, which

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Marlborough, New Zealand

September 13, 2021 jamiegoode 7477 Views Sauvignon Blanc

I’ve tried my first wine from 2021! I saw this in Sainsbury’s and was curious, so I bought it and

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Champagne Highlights 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2011

September 10, 2021October 1, 2021 jamiegoode 7126 Views

This is the new release of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne. Its from Grand Cru sites on the Côte

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Highlights Regions South Africa 

Highlights: Great Heart Red Blend 2019 Swartland, South Africa

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 jamiegoode 7152 Views

I really like this initiative from Mullineux and Leeu Family Wines in South Africa. Great Heart is a staff empowerment

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Champagne Features Regions 

Peter Liem on Champagne: dosage, growers versus houses, and viticulture

September 8, 2021 jamiegoode 10735 Views

At the BeWine festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, Peter Liem was one of the headline speakers. He gave a thoughtful presentation

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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 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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