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Etna, Sicily: I Custodi delle Vigne

February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4545 Views etna, Sicily

Website: https://www.icustodi.it/?lang=en Natural winemaking from organically certified vines. I Custodi work with 5 parcels in the North and Southeast of

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A focus on Etna, the ultimate volcanic wine region

February 15, 2024March 23, 2024 jamiegoode 8095 Views etna, Sicily

This was my first time in Etna. It’s a remarkable place: a wine region in the shadow of Europe’s largest

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Features Italy Regions 

Five go to caper island: Celebrating Malvasia in the Aeolian Islands, off the coast of Sicily

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 jamiegoode 7052 Views Sicily

Five go to Caper Island! We fly into Catania (Sicily) and drive past Mount Etna to the port of Melazza.

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Italy Profiles 

The wines of Cortese, Sicily

October 3, 2021October 9, 2021 jamiegoode 5689 Views Sicily

Website: https://www.agricolacortese.com/ After protracted negotiations, Stefano and Marina Girelli purchased Cortese from Giovanno Cortese in 2016. It’s a wine estate

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IDDA, Gaja’s new Etna winery, where they will focus their considerable efforts on making white wines from Carricante

September 28, 2021December 19, 2021 Lisse Garnett 13558 Views etna, Sicily

Lisse Garnett met with Gaia Gaja to find out more ‘Elegant wines that are difficult to understand’ drew Angelo Gaja

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Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy

September 26, 2021September 26, 2021 jamiegoode 5234 Views Sicily

Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the

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Highlights Italy 

Highlights: Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso 2017 Sicily, Italy

March 25, 2021June 8, 2021 jamiegoode 5573 Views Sicily

Pietradolce was established in 2005 (first vintage 2009), and they have 11 hectares of vines planted in high altitude sites

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Highlights: three from Azienda Agricola Cortese, Sicily

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 jamiegoode 4972 Views Sicily

These are affordable, organic wines from Vittoria in Sicily. The estate was purchased by Stefano and Marina Girelli in 2016,

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salina island
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Video: visiting the Aeolian island of Salina, to discover Malvasia

June 6, 2019October 6, 2019 jamiegoode 4811 Views malvasia, Sicily

Salina, on of the Aoelian islands off the coast of Sicily, hosts the annual Malvasia day each year. Here was

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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
California Features Latest Rhone 

Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 jamiegoode

Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the

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

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode
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

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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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