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England Highlights Videos 

Highlight: the stunning first edition of Perpetual from English fizz star Langham

July 14, 2025July 2, 2026 jamiegoode 4069 Views Sparkling wine

Langham Perpetual Chardonnay First Edition NV Dorset, England12% alcohol. The best wines from 2017, 2018 and 2019 blended together, and

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Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Domaine Slapšak with François Botton, who traded Champagne dreams for Dolejnska

July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2471 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.domaine-slapsak.com/en/ François Botton is French, and hails from the Champagne region. But he didn’t grow up in a Champagne

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England Features 

Taittinger’s foray into England, Domaine Evremond, releases its first wine

January 28, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5437 Views Sparkling wine

Back in 2015 I attended a press conference at Westminster Abbey announcing a launch of a new English sparkling wine

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Features 

Published today: my UK Sparkling Wine Guide 2025

January 19, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 4872 Views Sparkling wine

Normally things move slowly in the traditional world of wine. But around the fringes, things can move fast, and that’s

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Champagne Features France 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 Treve Ring 6464 Views Sparkling wine

Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this

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England Features TOP STORIES 

UK/English sparkling wine: a major study

December 20, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 5075 Views Sparkling wine

UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots

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California Features 

Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse

October 21, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 3232 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by

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Australia Features Regions 

Ed Carr and House of Arras, exciting sparkling wines from Tasmania

October 18, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 3950 Views Sparkling wine, tasmania

Website: https://houseofarras.com.au/ The sparkling wine conversation has been dominated by Champagne for so long, but now this is changing. Other

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Jansz Tasmania Premium Cuvée NV

October 16, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2446 Views Sparkling wine

I remember when I first started out in wine buying quite a bit of Aussie fizz – Seppelts Great Western

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Highlights Spain 

Highlights: Parés Baltà Blanca Cusine Cava Gran Reserva 2012

October 3, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2221 Views cava, Sparkling wine

I’m a big fan of the Cavas from Parés Baltà who I visited last year (my report is here). Tried

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the central dozen - 12 central otago pinot noirs
Features Latest New Zealand Regions 

The Central Dozen, an important exercise in telling the contemporary story of Central Otago Pinot Noir through a curated selection of 12 bottles

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.centralotagowine.co/initiatives/centraldozen I’m a big fan of Pinot Noir from Central Otago in New Zealand. I’ve visited numerous times, and

Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)
Features Poland 

Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 jamiegoode
A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
Features Latest Spain 

A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 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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