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Champagne Latest Videos 

Video: Can an £8 (€9.25, US$10.85) Champagne be any good?

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 jamiegoode 520 Views

I sit down with my two brother in laws and my nephew to taste a Champagne that was on sale

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Burgundy Features Latest Videos Wine Science 

Video: Vitibot Bakus, a vineyard robot, in action in Bourgogne

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 jamiegoode 1402 Views

I’ve known about Vitibot Bakus, an autonomous vineyard robot, for a few years, but this week I saw it in

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Champagne Latest Videos 

Video: Champagne Drappier launch Éclose, a new prestige cuvée

March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 jamiegoode 1108 Views

Jamie Goode visits Urville in the Aube – the southern outpost of Champagne – where one of the most important

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Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 jamiegoode 1542 Views

Just back from a few days in Porto. While I was there I had a chance to wander around. Some

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Australia Latest Videos 

Video: Place of Changing Winds, a remarkable vineyard in Australia’s Macedon Ranges wine region

December 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2360 Views

Website: https://www.placeofchangingwinds.com.au/ Jamie Goode visits Rob Walter’s Place of Changing Winds vineyard in the Macedon Ranges wine region, Victoria, Australia.

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Chile Latest Regions Videos 

Video: Visiting Antiyal, a biodynamic wine estate in Chile’s Alto Maipo, with Alvaro Espinoza

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 jamiegoode 2698 Views biodynamic

Alvaro Espinoza was the first winegrower to practice biodynamic farming in South America. He consults widely, but with his wife

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: the Port harvest in the Douro, 2025, with Taylor’s

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3498 Views Douro

Website: https://www.taylor.pt/ 2025 will go down as one of the trickiest vintages of recent years, simply because it was very

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making wine in talha in the alentejo
Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: the traditional talha winemaking at José de Sousa in the Alentejo, wine without electricity made in time-honoured fashion

October 21, 2025 jamiegoode 2612 Views Alentejo, Amphora

Yesterday one of the wines I included in my Alentejo tasting at an event in Kew Gardens was the talha

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Latest Videos Wine Science 

Video: Regenerative approaches at Domaine Lafage, Roussillon: trialling biochar and resistant varieties

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 jamiegoode 5056 Views

I meet with Antoine Lespès and Jean-Marc Lafage to hear about their regenerative approaches. They have been trialling biochar, a

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Latest Videos Wine Science 

Video: visiting the innovative regenerative block at Greystone Wines in North Canterbury, NZ

August 20, 2025August 22, 2025 jamiegoode 4390 Views

Jamie Goode visits Greystone Wines in New Zealand’s North Canterbury wine region, where he meets Liam Burgess and Dom Maxwell,

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Features

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Features Italy Latest 

Cantina Antoliolo are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

Valldo: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options

May 9, 2026 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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