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Grenache : a Study

September 8, 2022September 13, 2022 Treve Ring 5587 Views Garnacha, Grenache

(/ɡrəˈnæʃ/) Grenache is one of the most widely planted red wine grapes planted on the globe, which would explain the

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Highlights New Zealand 

Highlights: two lovely Kiwi Pinot Noirs from Fromm and Neudorf

September 7, 2022September 13, 2022 jamiegoode 3403 Views pinot noir

Here are two New Zealand Pinot Noirs that offered a lot of pleasure opened a couple of years after release.

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Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Elgin Pinot Noir: how is Pinot doing in this cool-climate South African region?

September 6, 2022 jamiegoode 6504 Views Elgin, pinot noir

Elgin is one of South Africa’s cool climate wine regions. This apple-growing area first began growing wine grapes in the

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England Latest Regions 

The UK wine industry: how’s it going?

September 6, 2022 jamiegoode 10769 Views

Today, Wine GB, the official body for wine production in the UK, have released their annual report. It’s a snapshot

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Chile Features Latest Politics TOP STORIES 

As Chile votes no to a radical new constitution Francisco Baettig delivers yet another round of iconic bottles to the world’s collective table..

September 4, 2022September 6, 2022 Lisse Garnett 6456 Views

Chile is at a pivotal point in its history – Sunday saw an historical vote on a new Constitution that

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Canada Latest Videos 

Video: International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C) 2022

September 2, 2022 jamiegoode 3777 Views Chardonnay

I head to Canada’s Niagara wine region for the International Cool Climate Chardonnnay Celebration 2022, known simply as i4C. It’s

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Mirabeau: the taste of Pink

September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4965 Views

Website: https://www.maisonmirabeau.com/ Mirabeau has grown a lot since its inception. When I visited Stephen and Jeany Cronk back in 2015

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Chloi Chatzivaryti: beautiful natural wines from Greece

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 jamiegoode 8451 Views

Chloi Chatzivaryti is making some very exciting wines from a subregion of Naoussa called Goumenissa. I first met her at

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Canada Features Latest TOP STORIES 

In Niagara (6) Cave Spring

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 jamiegoode 5204 Views Niagara

One of Niagara’s most important producers is Cave Spring. They are probably most famous for their Rieslings, but everything they

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England Features Latest Regions 

The wines of Langham, one of the UK’s most exciting producers

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 jamiegoode 5107 Views Sparkling wine

Website: www.langhamwine.co.uk Dorset – a county in the South of England – is not the most famous location for sparkling

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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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