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Features New Zealand Videos 

Marlborough at 50: tasting three of the region’s best-known Sauvignons on camera

May 13, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 6993 Views Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc

I popped into a local supermarket and found these three popular Sauvignon Blancs from the 2022 vintage, took them home,

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Chile Latest Videos 

Video: Dry Grown Chile, part 1: visiting the Maule wine region

April 27, 2023 jamiegoode 4371 Views

Jamie Goode heads down south in Chile to visit the Maule wine region, one of the historically important wine-growing regions

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Videos: The Simplesmente Vinho wine festival in Porto

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 jamiegoode 4127 Views

A short film of this year’s Simplesmente Vinho wine festival, held in Porto. This is devoted to artisinal, low intervention

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Features Portugal Videos 

Porto from the water, with some interesting wines

February 28, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3218 Views

On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous

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Marlborough at 50: the grower’s story

February 23, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 4693 Views Marlborough

Marlborough, New Zealand’s largest wine region, relies heavily on growers. Wine arrived here relatively lately (first vineyard plantings of the

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South Africa Videos 

Video: tasting 53 Cap Classiques, sparkling wines from South Africa

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 jamiegoode 2958 Views

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring meet with some of South Africa’s top winemakers to taste through 53 Cap Classiques. These

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France Latest Regions Videos 

Visiting Clos du Temple, home to the world’s most expensive rosé

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 jamiegoode 6774 Views

Back in 2016 Gerard Bertrand purchased a beautiful estate in the rolling hills of the Haut Cabrières, and from the

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jamie goode wine faults lecture video
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Video: wines on the edge, a closer look at wine faults

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 jamiegoode 4139 Views

A film of a seminar I recently presented in Los Angeles on wine faults, wines on the edge, and imperfectly

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Spain Videos 

Video: Visiting Hidalgo La Gitana in Sanlucar de Barremeda, one of the top bodegas in the Sherry triangle

October 22, 2022November 1, 2022 jamiegoode 4617 Views sherry

It’s harvest time in Sherry country, and Jamie Goode visits Hidalgo La Gitana in the coastal town of Sanlucar de

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South Africa Videos 

Video: tasting old South African wines back to the 1950s

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 jamiegoode 3741 Views

Bill Winshaw had a collection of South African wine from his time running the Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery. His grandsons, JP

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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
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

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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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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