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Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 8802 Views Douro

Jamie Goode reviews the wines of Quinta da Carolina, a small quinta taking a new, more interesting direction Luis Pedro

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Azores Wine Co. Arinto dos Açores 2018

March 20, 2020March 24, 2020 Treve Ring 5194 Views Azores, volcanic

Winemaker António Maçanita may be best known for his FitaPreta wines in Alentejo, though with this venture he looked to

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Features Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Costa do Pinhão, Douro

March 5, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 11818 Views Douro

Quinta da Costa do Pinhão is a beautiful quinta in the Pinhão Valley of Portugal’s Douro. The first wines from

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlight: Luis Seabra Indie Xisto 2016

March 2, 2020March 9, 2020 Treve Ring 6129 Views Douro, Schist

After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Simplesmente Vinho 2020

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6036 Views Natural wine

In this short interview, organizer João Roseira talks about Simplesmente Vinho 2020, the wine festival for ‘wines without make-up’, held

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Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Quinta do Noval Petit Verdot 2016, Douro

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 jamiegoode 5081 Views Douro, Petit Verdot

Why would you plant Petit Verdot in the Douro? It’s a region that already has a host of well adapted

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Portugal Travel Videos 

A walk through Porto and Gaia

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 jamiegoode 7765 Views

I love visiting Porto. Here’s a short film shot while walking through Porto and neighbouring Vila Nova de Gaia (just

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Portugal TOP STORIES Videos 

Making talha (amphora) wine at Cortes de Cima

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 jamiegoode 7129 Views Alentejo

For vintage 2019 I spent a few days at Alentejo winery Cortes de Cima, to help make a very interesting

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Portugal Regions 

Made in clay: a talha study

November 16, 2019December 12, 2019 jamiegoode 8558 Views Alentejo

Tasting some wines made in talhas, the Alentejo amphorae that are back in fashion I’m on my way to  the

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Portugal Profiles 

Bojador: authentic wines from the Alentejo

November 16, 2019December 12, 2019 Treve Ring 9950 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Treve Ring reports on the wines of Bojador, Pedro Ribeiro’s project looking to make balanced wines true to the traditions

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A quick guide to New Zealand wine
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A quick guide to New Zealand wine

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 jamiegoode

New Zealand is a relative newcomer in the roll call of significant wine-producing countries. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode
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
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

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About Us

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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