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Japan Profiles TOP STORIES 

Visiting Château Mercian, one of Japan’s leading producers

January 12, 2020 jamiegoode 11613 Views

Jamie Goode travels to the Nagano and Yamanashi wine regions of Japan to see the work that one of the

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Georgia TOP STORIES Videos 

Video: in Georgia’s wine regions, pursuing qvevri wines

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 jamiegoode 7613 Views

Jamie Goode visits Georgia for the first time. This is the country that has a strong claim as being the

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Champagne Latest TOP STORIES 

In Champagne: Louis Roederer

December 15, 2019December 16, 2019 jamiegoode 12068 Views champagne

Roederer is an elite house famous for their prestige cuvée, Cristal. But the real story here is a house that

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Champagne Features Regions Sparkling wine TOP STORIES 

Beyond grower Champagne: where have all the growers gone?

December 13, 2019November 4, 2021 Treve Ring 20995 Views

In March 2019 Ring and Goode visited Champagne, to taste, visit and taste some more. In the recent past, the

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Food and wine Latest TOP STORIES 

Trivet: top new London restaurant reviewed

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 jamiegoode 7582 Views London, Restaurants

Fat Duck emigrants Isa Bal and Jonny Lake have created something exceptional in Bermondsey, with a unique chronological wine list

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Portugal TOP STORIES Videos 

Making talha (amphora) wine at Cortes de Cima

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 jamiegoode 7653 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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Bordeaux Features TOP STORIES 

Bordeaux 2017: the whites

November 21, 2019November 30, 2019 jamiegoode 7432 Views Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Notes on 13 white Bordeaux wines from the 2017 vintage This was a nice chance to look at the 2017

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Canada Features TOP STORIES 

The judgment of BC, 2019

October 31, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 9702 Views

How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie

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the wine critics novel
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The wine critics

October 20, 2019January 25, 2021 jamiegoode 11870 Views

A comic novel by Jamie Goode This is my first foray into fiction! Written entirely on aeroplanes, it is a

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Gallery Regions Spain TOP STORIES 

In the vineyards of Vega Sicilia at harvest time

October 1, 2019October 10, 2019 jamiegoode 6284 Views

I’m in Ribera del Duero, Spain, visiting possibly the best-known of all Spanish producers, Vega Sicilia. It’s vintage time here,

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2016, looking back a decade from 2026
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

2016, looking back a decade from 2026

January 18, 2026 jamiegoode

2016 was quite a year for me. A transition year with a lot of travel.

Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
California Features Latest 

Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California

January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 jamiegoode
Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany
Features Germany Latest Profiles 

Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026 jamiegoode
Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
Features Latest Switzerland 

Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud

January 13, 2026January 13, 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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