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Champagne England Features 

English Sparkling Wine vs Champagne

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 jamiegoode 2383 Views Sparkling wine

Here are the results of Noble Rot’s Second English Sparkling wine versus Champagne blind tasting, which was recently held in

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England Highlights 

Highlights: two from Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England

October 13, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 715 Views Sparkling wine

Roebuck Estates is new to me (they are a relatively new arrival on the UK wine scene), but I was

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Brazil Highlights 

Highlights: Casa Valduga 130 Blanc de Blanc NV Vale dos Vinhedos, Brazil

August 10, 2020 jamiegoode 748 Views Sparkling wine

This is an ambitious sparkling wine from Casa Valduga in Vale dos Vinhedos, Serra Gaucha, Brazil. I really liked the

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Features Italy 

A quick Franciacorta study

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 jamiegoode 1519 Views Sparkling wine

Franciacorta is Italy’s premier region for sparkling wines. It’s an old region that reinvented itself around bubbles in the 1960s.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Fizzy Bum Bum Pet Nat 2019 Cornwall, England

May 26, 2020 jamiegoode 1286 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Few will get to try this micro-production wine, but I wanted to include it here, because it shows how good

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Features Latest South Africa TOP STORIES 

Méthode Cap Classique Report

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Treve Ring 4148 Views Sparkling wine

Goode and Ring report on South Africa’s most vibrant wine category: MCC (for Méthode Cap Classique, the name used for

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England Features Profiles 

Rathfinny, one of England’s top sparkling wine producers

May 16, 2020 jamiegoode 2213 Views Sparkling wine

It has been 10 years since Mark and Sarah Driver first bought the land that is now Rathfinny Estate, one

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Books Champagne 

Review: Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine

May 7, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 2113 Views Sparkling wine

This is the new (2019) edition of the most comprehensive guide to sparkling wine, a category that’s exciting at the

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

April 15, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 1457 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive sparkling wine from England. The vineyard is 6.5 hectares planted in 2006, on chalk soils of the

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England Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Black Chalk Classic 2016 Hampshire, England

April 14, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 1322 Views Sparkling wine

Black Chalk began life as a side-gig for Hattingley Valley winemaker Jacob Leadley. It was a joint venture with his

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Why alternative packaging for wine has struggled
Features Wine Science 

Why alternative packaging for wine has struggled

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 jamiegoode

Jamie Goode argues that we are unconsciously wedded to the wine bottle. There is a recurring cycle in the world

Família Nin-Ortiz: terroir-driven wines from Priorat in Spain
Features Latest Profiles Spain 

Família Nin-Ortiz: terroir-driven wines from Priorat in Spain

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode
A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014
Burgundy Features Italy 

A celebration of the underdog vintages: Burgundy 2017 and Barolo 2014

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 jamiegoode
Cartier, Cahors, natural wine and dead Brit bits
Features France 

Cartier, Cahors, natural wine and dead Brit bits

January 13, 2021January 18, 2021 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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