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  • Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State
  • Video: Hollick & Hobbs, Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, New York
  • Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes
  • Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini
  • Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
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Canada Features Latest 

In Niagara, Canada (10) Malivoire, now a Gamay specialist

January 16, 2024January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 3587 Views Niagara

Website: www.malivoire.com Martin Malivoire’s background is in film special effects, so during his career he saw a lot of change,

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Champagne Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Rosé 2011

January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 3066 Views

2011 was a very tricky vintage in Champagne, but I really liked the Comtes Blanc de Blanc, and here’s the

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Food and wine South Africa 

Restaurants: Post and Pepper, Stellenbosch

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 jamiegoode 5128 Views Restaurants

Website: https://postandpepper.co.za/ This was one of the gastronomic highlights of a recent trip to South Africa, where we spent a

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Highlights Latest New Zealand 

Highlights: The Hermit Ram Salty White 2022

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024 jamiegoode 5516 Views North Canterbury

This is a blend of Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling from organic vineyards in North Canterbury. They are fermented

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Features Latest Loire 

A Centre Loire study: seven wines, red and white

January 14, 2024 jamiegoode 2454 Views

Tasted these Centre Loire wines together. It’s an interesting region and there are lots of good terroirs here. I visited

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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Everflyht Brut NV Sussex, England

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 jamiegoode 3230 Views

Website: https://www.everflyht.com/ This is a single vineyard estate at the foot of Ditchling Beacon in the South Downs, in East

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Features Italy Latest 

Chianti Classico deep dive (3) Fèlsina

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 3658 Views Chianti Classico

Website: https://www.felsina.it/en/ Like many of Chianti Classico’s grand properties, the land at the extensive Fèlsina estate was farmed by sharecroppers

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Features Latest South Africa 

The Old Road Wine Co, a Franschhoek-based winery making some impressive single-vineyard wines

January 11, 2024March 17, 2026 jamiegoode 6526 Views Franschhoek

Website: https://oldroadwinecompany.com/ The Old Road Wine Ci is part of the larger Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) group, and owned by

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Latest South Africa Videos 

Video: the famous La Colline Semillon vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 5882 Views Semillon

Old Road Wine Co winemaker Ryan Puttick introduces the La Colline Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa. Planted in 1936 by

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Highlights Latest Portugal 

Highlights : Filipa Pato & William Wouters Flos Castanea 2022, Bairrada, Portugal

January 10, 2024 Treve Ring 3976 Views Bairrada, biodynamic

This experimental project was made with the grandson of Vinho Verde biodynamic pioneer Fernando Paiva, of Quinta da Palmirinha. Paiva

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Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State
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Visiting Hillick & Hobbs with winemaker Lynne Fahy – one of the most spectacular vineyards in the Finger Lakes region of New York State

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.hillickandhobbs.com/ Paul Hobbs is very well known in the wine world, and as well as consulting widely he opened

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (10) Corcelettes

June 26, 2026 jamiegoode
island wines sweet wines
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Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini

June 26, 2026June 26, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 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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