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Canada Videos 

Video: the Niagara wine region in Canada, with some of the leading producers telling their story

August 7, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 5740 Views Niagara

Jamie Goode visits the Niagara Wine region in Canada, and interviews some of the leading producers, finding out what makes

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Portugal Videos 

Video: Baga and Bairrada, a star red grape from a beautiful Portuguese region

August 2, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 5361 Views Baga, Bairrada

Jamie Goode heads to the Portuguese wine region of Bairrada, on the trail of the region’s star red grape variety,

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Features Spain Videos 

Video: In Rioja, visiting 10 wineries with World’s Best Vineyards

July 16, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4309 Views Rioja

In July 2023 Jamie Goode joined a trip with World’s Best Vineyards competition to Rioja, visiting 10 leading wineries in

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New York State Videos 

Video: FLXcursion 2023 in the Finger Lakes wine region, NY

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 jamiegoode 4586 Views

Geneva, in the Finger Lakes wine region of New York State was the home to the 2023 FLXcursion, which brought

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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 4999 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 6038 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 11338 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 5645 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 5210 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 4087 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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Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed
Features Latest South Africa 

Hazendal, a Stellenbosch wine estate transformed

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.hazendal.co.za/ Hazendal is a historic wine farm in the Bottelary Hills subregion of Stellenbosch that has been transformed. It

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain
Features Latest Spain 

Galiza: a seminar focusing on the wines of Galicia, Spain

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The Bothey, an interesting wine project from South Africa

October 12, 2026October 12, 2026 jamiegoode
Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration
Australia Features Latest 

Loosen Barry: where the Clare Valley meets the Mosel, a Riesling collaboration

October 11, 2026October 11, 2026 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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You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

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