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Highlights Israel 

Highlights: a wine made from a forgotten old variety in Israel, Dalton Grounded Zuriman 2021 Galilee

February 1, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3578 Views

The interesting story behind this wine is that it is made from the Zuriman grape variety. Israel has a lack

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Highlights Israel 

Highlights: Itay Lahat Roussanne 2021 Upper Galilee, Israel

January 31, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 2520 Views roussanne

I’m in Israel, to talk at a conference on regenerative viticulture tomorrow. So it’s only appropriate to be drinking a

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Features Portugal 

The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

January 30, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3804 Views Alentejo

Website: https://www.aldeiadecima.com/en/ Herdade Aldeia de Cima is a large 2400 hectare estate in Vidiguera in the south Alentejo. Here, Luisa

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Australia Features 

Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues

January 29, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 4004 Views

Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of

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California Highlights 

Highlights: Jolie Laide Dans le Vide 2021, California, USA

January 28, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 3833 Views

Jolie-Laide is a one-man operation based in the Sebastopol winery of Pax Mahle, where winemaker Scott Schultz (Pax’s cellar master),

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Bordeaux Features Regions 

Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated

January 26, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 7344 Views

2020 is a much heralded vintage in Bordeaux. Here I got to try many of the top wines in bottle,

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Features Regions South Africa 

Cap Classique, an exciting category for South African wine

January 25, 2023March 7, 2023 Treve Ring 7624 Views

Last fall in Franschhoek, Goode and I spent a morning tasting through 50+ Cap Classique, together with a handful of

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South Africa Videos 

Video: tasting 53 Cap Classiques, sparkling wines from South Africa

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 jamiegoode 2953 Views

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring meet with some of South Africa’s top winemakers to taste through 53 Cap Classiques. These

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Features New York State 

The wines of New York State: a snapshot tasting of interesting bottles

January 24, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3728 Views

Dan Belmont had been filming for the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, and in the process had opened some

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Features Rhone 

The wines of Réné Rostaing, Northern Rhône

January 22, 2023March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 5576 Views Northern Rhone

One of the top names in the northern Rhône, Réné Rostaing built up his domaine from scratch, and now has

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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
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
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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