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England Videos 

Video: visiting Simpsons wine estate, Kent, England

November 19, 2021 jamiegoode 7131 Views

Jamie Goode and Lisse Garnett visit the Simpsons winery in East Kent. In 2016 Charles and Ruth Simpson, who’d already

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Bordeaux Videos 

Video: tasting Bordeaux 2019 in bottle

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 jamiegoode 6382 Views

A short film from the Union des Grands Crus tasting of 2019 Bordeaux held in London, November 2021 For the

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Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2013

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 jamiegoode 9143 Views

This is the latest release of Moët et Chandon’s Grand Vintage, and it comes from an atypically cool year, where

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Languedoc Videos 

Video: Languedoc wine camp, edition 1, 2021

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 jamiegoode 6632 Views
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Video: delivering grapes to the co-op in Faugères, old school

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 jamiegoode 5032 Views Languedoc
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Champagne Features Regions Videos 

Harvest in Champagne, September 2021

September 18, 2021March 28, 2022 jamiegoode 7336 Views

I spent yesterday in the vineyards of the north-facing slopes of the Montagne-de-Reims, primarily in Verzenay, but also in Mailly,

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South Africa Videos 

Tasting some highlights from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 6490 Views

Jamie Goode, Greg Sherwood and Lisse Garnett taste some of the wines from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021, which

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South Africa Videos 

Video: visiting Roundstone, the home farm of Mullineux, in South Africa’s Swartland region – intelligent viticulture in action

July 24, 2021 jamiegoode 6819 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Roundstone. It’s the home farm of Mullineux in South Africa’s Swartland wine region. Chris

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England Videos 

Video: visiting Busi-Jacobsohn, a new sparkling wine producer in East Sussex, England

July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 4640 Views

You can read a full write-up of the visit here https://wineanorak.com/2021/06/22/busi-jacobsohn-and-exciting-new-english-sparkling-wine-producer/

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Features Japan Regions Videos 

New wines from Château Mercian, a leading Japanese winery

March 6, 2021March 9, 2021 jamiegoode 11689 Views

I have visited Château Mercian a couple of times before. They have wineries in both of Japan’s major wine regions,

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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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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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