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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Ochota Barrels 2018 Home… Pinot Noir

December 23, 2019January 16, 2020 Treve Ring 5779 Views Adelaide Hills, pinot noir

After making it through the impressive/annoying two layers and colours of wax (so pretty though), this incredibly spicy, tight and

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Dom Maxwell
Features New Zealand Wine Science 

Dom Maxwell of Greystone, the vineyard ferment guy

November 17, 2019November 20, 2019 jamiegoode 10311 Views North Canterbury, pinot noir

Jamie Goode catches up with Dom Maxwell, winemaker at Greystone in New Zealand’s Waipara wine region, to taste his wines

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New Zealand Profiles 

Hermit Ram: stunning natural wines from North Canterbury

November 9, 2019December 31, 2019 jamiegoode 10980 Views Natural wine, North Canterbury, pinot noir

Since 2012 Theo Coles has been making natural wines from interesting sites in North Canterbury on the South Island of

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Liger belair
Burgundy Profiles 

Thibault Liger-Belair, a new classic Burgundy domaine

October 19, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 14497 Views pinot noir

Visiting Thibault Liger-Belair’s green winery to taste his sought-after wines Thibault took over the 8 hectare Liger-Belair vineyard in 2001,

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nicolas jay, oregon
Features Oregon Profiles 

Nicolas Jay, a new Oregon star

October 18, 2019December 29, 2019 jamiegoode 10556 Views oregon, pinot noir

Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Méo’s collaboration has already established itself among the Willamette Valley’s finest Nicolas Jay is a collaborative

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Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (3) Margan

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.margan.com.au/ Margan is an important Hunter Valley producer making some very interesting wines, and championing newer varieties that show

Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show
Australia Features Latest 

Exploring the Hunter Valley (2) judging the Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction
Australia Features Latest Regions 

Exploring the Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region (1) introduction

August 19, 2026 jamiegoode
Four wines from Virginia in the USA
Features Latest 

Four wines from Virginia in the USA

August 17, 2026August 17, 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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