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Videos

California Videos 

Video: Martinelli’s Jackass vineyard, planted before 1889, and one of California’s oldest

October 14, 2024October 17, 2024 jamiegoode 2537 Views

This short film was taken in July when I visited the Jackass vineyard and Jackass Hill vineyard (right next door)

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Australia Videos 

Video: Bastard Hill, a special vineyard in Australia’s Yarra Valley, is reborn under the ownership of Giant Steps

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 jamiegoode 3870 Views Yarra Valley

The Bastard Hill vineyard was planted by Ray Guerin in 1987. It’s high up in the Yarra Valley (Australia), and

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Austria Videos 

Video: side events of Karakterre 13, a natural wine festival held in Burgenland, Austria, May 2024

June 4, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 6023 Views Natural wine

As part of the Karakterre 2024 festival, along with a group of sommeliers and wine people from the US and

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Features Videos Wine Science 

Video and gallery: Festival del Potatare, the Simonit & Sirch pruning festival 2024

March 16, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 5600 Views

I’m just back from the Festival del Potatare, the second edition of the pruning festival organized by industry leading pruning

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: reviving the tradition of making wines in amphora in the Alentejo, Portugal

January 18, 2024 jamiegoode 6349 Views Alentejo, Amphora

The south of the Alentejo wine region has a tradition of making wine in large clay amphorae known as talhas.

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Latest South Africa Videos 

Video: the famous La Colline Semillon vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 jamiegoode 4931 Views Semillon

Old Road Wine Co winemaker Ryan Puttick introduces the La Colline Vineyard in Franschhoek, South Africa. Planted in 1936 by

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Latest Portugal Videos 

Video: visiting Constantino Ramos, one of the most exciting producers in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region

January 8, 2024 jamiegoode 4094 Views Vinho Verde

Constantino Ramos came from the pharmaceutical industry, where he was running clinical trials, and shifted to his passion, wine. He

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Austria Features Latest Videos 

The remarkable big bottle cellars at the Hospiz Alm in St. Christoph am Arlberg, Austria

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 jamiegoode 9071 Views

Website: https://www.arlberghospiz.at/en/gastronomy/hospiz-alm-restaurant/ The Hospiz Alm restaurant is based in the small hamlet St. Christoph am Arlberg, which is the highest

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Italy Latest Videos 

Video: visiting the Chianti Classico wine region, all four episodes

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 jamiegoode 5302 Views Chianti Classico

Four wine friends – John Szabo, Michael Godel, Jamie Goode and Emily Harman – visit the Chianti Classico wine region.

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Alsace Latest Videos 

Video: exploring the wines of Alsace with Lars Daniels, final day

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023 jamiegoode 6272 Views

Jamie Goode and Lars Daniels visit the Alsace wine region. This is the final day, with visits to Weinbach, Justin

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Features

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

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

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
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett
The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

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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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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