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Features Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Costa do Pinhão, Douro

March 5, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 13557 Views Douro

Quinta da Costa do Pinhão is a beautiful quinta in the Pinhão Valley of Portugal’s Douro. The first wines from

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Highlights Japan 

Highlight: Domaine Hase Pino Fin Blanc 2018, Nagano, Japan

March 3, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6369 Views Natural wine

This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this

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Food and wine Japan Travel 

Nagano, Japan: Nakadanaso and Gió Hills winery

March 2, 2020May 12, 2020 jamiegoode 8897 Views

Once again, I got to stay at Nakadanaso, a Riyokan in Komoro, in Japan’s Nagano prefecture. Masaki and Youko Tomioka,

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Luis Seabra Indie Xisto 2016

March 2, 2020March 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6861 Views Douro, Schist

After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on

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Uruguay Videos 

Video: Bodega Garzón, Uruguay

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 jamiegoode 4878 Views

A major, new fine wine estate in Uruguay. 240 hectares of vines in 1200 parcels.

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Profiles TOP STORIES Uruguay 

In Uruguay: Bodega Garzón

February 29, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 12294 Views

Garzón is a spectacular fine wine project that has had a huge impact on the Uruguayan wine scene, and has

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Bordeaux Features 

Bordeaux 2017 in bottle (3) the left bank

February 27, 2020November 16, 2021 jamiegoode 9319 Views

Continuing my write-up of the Bordeux 2017 vintage in bottle, here are my notes on the left bank wines from

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New York State Profiles 

Forge Cellars: one of the top producers in the Finger Lakes, NY State

February 27, 2020March 15, 2020 jamiegoode 7981 Views

Website: https://www.forgecellars.com/ Forge Cellars is a boutique winery from New York’s Finger Lakes region, and their focus is solely on

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Simplesmente Vinho 2020

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6634 Views Natural wine

In this short interview, organizer João Roseira talks about Simplesmente Vinho 2020, the wine festival for ‘wines without make-up’, held

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New Zealand 

Highlights: Kusuda Pinot Noir 2012, Martinborough

February 20, 2020March 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6041 Views Martinborough, pinot noir

New Zealand’s most sought-after Pinot Noir? It could well be Hiroyuki Kusuda’s, from Martinborough. He moved to New Zealand with

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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?
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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?

July 3, 2026 jamiegoode

This was a seminar at the FLXcursion event that I’ve just come back from. The goal was to explore the

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region
Austria Features Latest 

Weingut Frank, one of the stars of Austria’s Weinviertel region

July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria
Austria Features Latest 

The wines of Weingut Kurz, Weinviertel, Austria

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 jamiegoode
A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell
England Features Latest 

A trio of impressive Pet Nats from UK winery Westwell

July 2, 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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