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Austria Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the wines of Austria’s Styria region: a deep dive into Steiermark single-vineyard wines with the STK members

October 6, 2023 jamiegoode 5243 Views

Jamie Goode explores the wines of Styria (Steiermark) in Austria and comes away impressed. As part of the 2023 OTW

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Burgundy Food and wine Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Dinner at Les Caves Madeleine, Beaune, with two exceptional Aligotés

October 5, 2023 jamiegoode 5961 Views Aligote, Restaurants

Website: https://cavesmadeleine.com/ If you are heading to Beaune, two things you must do before travelling: make a reservation at La

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

A Sijnn retrospective: tasting the past and present of this remarkable vineyard in Malgas, South Africa

October 4, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 6881 Views

Website: https://www.sijnn.co.za/ This was a tasting and lunch to celebrate 20 years of Sijnn (pronounced ‘sane’), a vineyard located in

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Features Regions Spain 

Suertes del Marqués: tasting all vintages of the remarkable Vidonia cuvée from Tenerife’s Orotava Valley with winemaker Jonatan Garcia

October 3, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 8413 Views Tenerife

Vidonia is the reinvention of a historic wine from Tenerife. Originally, it was a fortified wine from Tenerife made in

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2016

October 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4091 Views Rioja

Classic, ageworthy and really good. It’s not bad value, either at around £40. La Rioja Alta Viña Arana Gran Reserva

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Burgundy Highlights 

Highlights: Domaine de la Cras Bourgogne Blanc Coteaux de Dijon 2017

October 1, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4164 Views Chardonnay

A superb white Bourgogne that I bought a few years ago, drinking brilliantly now. Domaine de la Cras Marc Soyard

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Food and wine Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux and Sadie at Noble Rot Mayfair

September 29, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3611 Views Restaurants, swartland

Had a lovely lunch this week at Noble Rot Mayfair, the third restuarant in the Noble Rot franchise after Lambs

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Features Italy 

Allegrini’s La Poja: a vertical tasting of this important Veneto wine

September 26, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3184 Views veneto

Website: https://allegrini.it/en/ Silvia and Francesco Allegrini are the seventh generation involved with the business, and they presented this vertical tasting

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England Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Sugrue South Downs, one of the UK’s leading sparkling wine producers

September 23, 2023September 26, 2023 jamiegoode 5585 Views

Website: https://www.sugruesouthdowns.com/ Dermot Sugrue is one of the most respected sparkling winemakers in the UK. He was winemaker at Nyetimber

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Westcott Pinot Noir 2019 Niagara, Canada

September 23, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 3629 Views

Niagara Pinot Noir has come a long way in a decade. I remember my first visit ten years ago, and

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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel
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Swartberg Wingerde: the amazing Piekeneerskloof wines of Rudiger Gretschel

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://swartbergwingerde.co.za/ When Rudiger Gretschel (pictured above) was being interviewed for his job with Tim Rands (Boekenhoutskloof et al), he

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon
Features Latest Lebanon 

Domaine des Tourelles, making impressive wines in Lebanon

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling
Features Latest Oregon 

Brooks: impressive wines from Oregon with a particular focus on Riesling

March 31, 2026 jamiegoode
Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026
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Champagne Houses to Watch in 2026

March 30, 2026March 30, 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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