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Central Otago

Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure day 8, Rippon

February 17, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1552 Views Central Otago

My last visit in Central Otago was with Nick and Jo Mills at Rippon. This is a stunning property on

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Features New Zealand Wine Science 

New Zealand adventure, day 6: a Felton Road deep dive

February 15, 2025February 17, 2025 jamiegoode 3481 Views Central Otago

Website: https://feltonroad.com/ My second day in Central Otago was all about Felton Road. I’ve visited before, but this was an

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Features New Zealand 

New Zealand adventure days 4 and 5, heading to Central Otago and visiting Te Kano

February 12, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 1665 Views Central Otago

It’s a strange drive from Waipara to Queenstown, and a long one. The first two and a half hours is

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Features New Zealand Regions 

Tasting the 2023s from Felton Road, a leading winery from New Zealand’s Central Otago region

December 1, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2749 Views Central Otago, Chardonnay, pinot noir

Nicola Greening was in town to show off the 2023s from star Central Otago winegrower Felton Road. This was a

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New Zealand Profiles 

Akitu: top Pinot Noirs from Wanaka, Central Otago

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 jamiegoode 11793 Views Central Otago, pinot noir

Website: https://akitu.wine/ (with notes added on the latest releases, April 2023) Central Otago isn’t just a single region. It’s composed

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Highlights Latest New Zealand Regions 

Highlights: three from Folding Hill in Central Otago, NZ

October 29, 2022 jamiegoode 4028 Views Central Otago

Website: http://www.foldinghill.co.nz/ I’ve been following Folding Hill, which is based in the Bendigo region of Central Otago, since I first

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Features

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
Features Latest 

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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