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Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne Les Femelottes 2018

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 jamiegoode 7823 Views Chardonnay

This is an impressive wine from the newly-exciting Meursault-based Domaine Chavy Chouet. Femelottes is a 3 hectare parcel on clay/sand

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Highlights South of France Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Jones Fitou Vieilles Vignes 2017

April 23, 2020April 29, 2020 jamiegoode 6956 Views Fitou

Fitou is an appellation in France’s Languedoc region, where red blends dominate, and Carignan is a major player in these

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Canada Videos 

Video: In Québec, visiting top producer Les Pervenches

April 22, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5425 Views

Jamie Goode heads to Québec, in Canada. Here, winegrowers face significant challenges if they are to grow Vitis vinifera varieties,

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Beaujolais Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Chapel Beaujolais Villages 2018

April 21, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6627 Views Gamay

I visited David Chapel and Michel-Smith Chapel in their new winery in 2018. They’d only recently started out: 2016 was

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England Videos 

Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 4829 Views Chardonnay

The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late

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Domaine Rougeot
Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Rougeot ‘Les Plumes’ Bourgogne Aligoté 2018

April 19, 2020 jamiegoode 6964 Views

This is from a 1.5 hectare vineyard next to Meursault, planted in 1974. Pierre-Henri Rougeot bottles the whole lot without

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South Africa TOP STORIES Videos 

Video: Stompie’s new home in the Swartland – visiting Platteklip

April 16, 2020 jamiegoode 5325 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Stompie Meyer’s new place. He’s got a new home for JH Meyer wines and

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

April 15, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5322 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive sparkling wine from England. The vineyard is 6.5 hectares planted in 2006, on chalk soils of the

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 6397 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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California TOP STORIES Videos 

Harvesting Chardonnay in Carneros, Napa

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 jamiegoode 6000 Views Carneros, Chardonnay, Napa

In September 2015 I joined the Truchard winery in Carneros, Napa Valley, for some harvest experience, picking and processing Chardonnay

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Features

Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine

October 30, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
California Features Latest 

Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 jamiegoode
Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 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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