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  • Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
  • Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
  • Restaurants: Fat Rabbit, St Catharines, Niagara – so good I went twice in a week
  • The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
  • Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
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Videos 

Video: Tesco Wine Press Tasting Autumn 2020

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 jamiegoode 6362 Views

Wine tasting in the age of COVID: a short film showing how Tesco made their Autumn wine press tasting safe

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2008

September 20, 2020October 9, 2020 jamiegoode 11508 Views

The long-awaited 2008 version of Taittinger’s prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, has been released. I drank a bottle of it

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Spain Videos 

Video: vintage at Vega Sicilia, Spain’s most revered winery

September 7, 2020 jamiegoode 5639 Views Ribera del Duero, Winemaking

Jamie Goode heads to the Ribera del Duero wine region, to visit one of Spain’s most famous wineries: Vega Sicilia.

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Germany Videos 

Video: at the VDP Grosses Gewächs tasting 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7668 Views

On Wednesday I was in Wiesbaden, Germany, for a very special tasting. It was the 2020 Grosses Gewächs tasting, featuring

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Videos 

Goode Guide to Wine: a Manifesto of Sorts

August 22, 2020 jamiegoode 5871 Views

Here’s my latest book, which will be launched next week. In this short film, I explain what it’s about. Buying

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Champagne Latest Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7010 Views

This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really

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Videos Wine Science 

Washing grapes: Franciacorta producer Ca’Del Bosco’s berry spa

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 jamiegoode 11375 Views

Grapes come into the winery from the vineyard and are crushed, pressed or fermented just as they arrive: with dust

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Uruguay Videos 

Video: in the vineyards at Familia Deicas, Uruguay, where there’s lots going on

July 15, 2020 jamiegoode 5263 Views

Jamie Goode visits Familia Deicas in Uruguay, and learns about some of the innovative vineyard work they have done –

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South Africa Videos 

Video: Testalonga’s new home in the Swartland, South Africa

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 jamiegoode 6609 Views

Here’s a film from our visit to Testalonga’s Banditskloof farm in the Swartland. You can read the report, including notes

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Highlights Portugal Videos 

Highlights: Rocim NatCool Fresh From Amphora 2019

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 8506 Views Alentejo

A short tasting video with this wine: Herdade do Rocim NatCool Fresh from Amphora 2019 Alentejo, Portugal12% alcohol. Made in

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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze
Canada Features Latest 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (11) Lake Breeze

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.lakebreeze.ca/ Lake Breeze is on the Naramata Bench, and since 2021 has been owned by the McIntyre family. The

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
Features Latest Spain 

The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Alentejeo Spotlight: on the road in Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol with some interesting wines from this Portuguese region

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 jamiegoode
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Features Food and wine Latest 

Yuki Bar revisited: one of London’s best spots for natural wine

June 22, 2026June 22, 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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