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Austria Features 

Karin Lautner: an interesting new producer in Austria’s Burgenland region

January 19, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1900 Views Natural wine

Katrin works with Franz Weninger (previously she worked with Markus Altenburger), and this is her weekend project. She rents a

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Austria Features 

Christian Tschida, one of Austria’s natural wine stars

January 14, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3391 Views Natural wine

Christian Tschida is based in Illmitz, a village on the east shore of Lake Neusiedlersee. He’s one of the champions

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Features Portugal 

Chinado: natural wines from Portugal’s Lisboa wine region

January 9, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2327 Views Lisboa, Natural wine

Website: https://www.vinhochinado.com/ Chinado are based in Alcobaça, the home of the famous monastery, in the Lisboa wine region, where they

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Highlights Jura 

Highlights: Ganevat Les Cedres 2016 Côtes du Jura

December 26, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1491 Views Natural wine

This negoce wine from Ganevat is singing after 8 years, no added sulfites, and still fresh. Anne et Jean-François Ganevat

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Austria Features 

Alternative Austria: a seminar on natural wines from some of Austria’s most exciting producers

December 11, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2114 Views Natural wine

Austrian Alternative wines with Aleks Zecevic, as part of Alberg Weinberg 2024 Alex was 19 when he got into wine,

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California Features Regions TOP STORIES 

California exploration: visiting Rajat Parr at Phelan Farm and Stolo Vineyards, Cambria

December 8, 2024March 16, 2025 jamiegoode 20249 Views Natural wine

Website: https://phelanfarm.com/ The pandemic had a big impact on a lot of people. It turned Rajat Parr into a farmer.

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Food and wine 

Restaurants: Sargasso, Margate (Kent, UK)

October 25, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2672 Views Natural wine, Restaurants

Website: https://www.sargasso.bar/ This is an absolute gem. If you live in London, get yourself a booking here, take the (fairly

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Features Food and wine 

Yuki Bar, a beautiful natural wine bar in London

August 8, 2024June 5, 2025 jamiegoode 10400 Views Natural wine, Restaurants

Yuki Bar instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yukibar.london/?hl=en Tucked away in a surprising location in London Fields is one of London’s newest and most

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Austria Videos 

Video: side events of Karakterre 13, a natural wine festival held in Burgenland, Austria, May 2024

June 4, 2024August 25, 2024 jamiegoode 7354 Views Natural wine

As part of the Karakterre 2024 festival, along with a group of sommeliers and wine people from the US and

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Austria Features Latest TOP STORIES 

The remarkable wines of Werlitsch, Styria, Austria

January 22, 2024 jamiegoode 6081 Views Natural wine

Website: http://www.werlitsch.com/ Ewald and Brigitte Tscheppe (above) are the couple behind one of Austria’s most interesting wine projects: the Werlitsch

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2025, a wine year in pictures
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

2025, a wine year in pictures

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode

Here’s a selection of pictures from 2025. Quite a year.

A mini-Champagne study: Ayala, Bollinger, Albert Lebrun, Forget Brimont
Champagne Features Latest 

A mini-Champagne study: Ayala, Bollinger, Albert Lebrun, Forget Brimont

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring the Roussillon (5) Torredemer Mangin
Features France Latest 

Exploring the Roussillon (5) Torredemer Mangin

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 jamiegoode
Failla Wines: beautiful site-specific wines from some of northern California’s best vineyards
California Features Latest 

Failla Wines: beautiful site-specific wines from some of northern California’s best vineyards

December 29, 2025 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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