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Champagne England Videos 

English sparkling wine versus Champagne: one producer went to Reims to blind taste consumers on the streets!

June 12, 2023June 13, 2023 jamiegoode 4156 Views

In a slightly naughty experiment English sparkling wine producer Chapel Down took their wine to Reims in the heart of

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Videos Wine Science 

Video: Coravin’s new Vinitas system for producing small samples that last a year

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 jamiegoode 4966 Views

I caught up with Greg Lambrecht of Coravin to look at the new invention from this most serial of inventors.

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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 7220 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 4487 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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Latest Videos 

Videos: The Simplesmente Vinho wine festival in Porto

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 jamiegoode 4221 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 3282 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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Features Videos 

Marlborough at 50: the grower’s story

February 23, 2023May 13, 2023 jamiegoode 4846 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 3040 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 6912 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 4228 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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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

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

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
Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
Australia Features Latest 

Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 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.

As an Amazon Associate this website earns from qualifying purchases (for example, the links for purchasing books). Wineanorak also earns from Google AdSense display advertising.

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

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