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Features Languedoc Regions 

Wise Wolf, adding value to Languedoc wines through innovative packaging and green credentials

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 jamiegoode 5497 Views

How can you add value to inexpensive Languedoc varietal wines? Accolade’s Banrock Station has brand crept to the South of

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes

March 30, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 4377 Views Blaufrankisch, cabernet franc

I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into

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Features Greece Profiles 

Exploring Greece (2) Rouvalis Winery, Aigialeia

March 29, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5215 Views

Website: https://www.rouvaliswinery.gr/en/ This was a great visit to a winery making excellent wines from some spectacular terroirs. We are in

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California Features 

A blind tasting of California Cabernet Sauvignon, including some of the best-sellers in the USA

March 23, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 7549 Views Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a chance to taste 8 Cabernet Sauvignon wines blind, which is always fun. Below are my notes and

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All things about French wine from Taste France magazine

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 jamiegoode 3412 Views

Taste France Magazine is a global-facing online magazine with a goal to share engaging content on French food and drinks,

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Features Profiles Regions South Africa 

Savage Wines: one of South Africa’s top producers, making balanced, elegant wines

March 20, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 21850 Views

Duncan Savage’s first solo vintage was as long ago as 2011, but he still seems to be a fresh face

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Features France Profiles 

Domaine Capmartin, naturally made wines from southwest France

March 16, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5261 Views

Website: Domaine Capmartin, southwest France This is a family winery, now run by Simon Capmartin. His father created the domaine

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Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Marlborough at 50: a new project to safeguard the vineyard of the future, using accelerated clonal selection

March 15, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 7628 Views

So the Marlborough wine region turns 50 this year. With its continued growth and success, you could forgive the region

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Features Greece 

Exploring Greece (1) Parparoussis Winery, Patra

March 14, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 5095 Views

Parparoussis Winery, Patras, Peloponnese Parparoussis Winery, based in Patras in Western Achaia, was founded back in 1974 by Athanasios (Thanassis)

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Highlights New York State 

Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State

March 12, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 2663 Views Albarino

Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker

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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

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
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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
The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

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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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