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England Highlights 

Highlights: Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2014 England

April 7, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 2861 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://extonparkvineyard.com/ Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2014 Hampshire, England11.5% alcohol. Pinot Noir, 7 years on lees, disgorged in 2022.

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England Highlights 

Highlights: the white and rosé Nyetimber 1086 wines, icon-level English sparkling wines

March 29, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 2656 Views Sparkling wine

Nyetimber’s presige cuvées are named 1086, referencing the date of the Nyetimber manor’s inclusion in the Doomsday book. They are

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England

March 9, 2024May 21, 2024 jamiegoode 2682 Views Pinot Meunier, Sparkling wine

This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from

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Austria Features Latest 

Austrian Sparkling Wine: a masterclass

December 25, 2023 jamiegoode 3664 Views Sparkling wine

This session was presented by Sasha Speicher at the Arlberg Weinberg 2023 in Lech, Austria. Sasha is an excellent presenter

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 England

August 23, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 2485 Views Sparkling wine

This is superb. The new Blanc de Blancs from Hattingley Valley. Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. This

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Burgundy Features 

Exploring Bourgogne (2) Cave de Bailly-Lapierre, specialists in Crémant

August 13, 2023March 5, 2024 jamiegoode 4880 Views Sparkling wine

Cave de Bailly-LapierreHameau de Bailly – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 77 77www.bailly-lapierre.fr Located just above on the Yonne

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California Features Regions 

Anderson Valley, California (5) Roederer Estate

July 5, 2023January 16, 2024 jamiegoode 4346 Views Anderson Valley, Sparkling wine

In 1982, Jean-Claude Rouzeau – the CEO of Champagne Roederer – was sent to look at the wild west of

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Hambledon Classic and Première Cuvées: two classics from Hampshire

March 31, 2023April 23, 2023 jamiegoode 7629 Views Sparkling wine

Based in Hampshire, Hambledon is one of the UK’s leading producers of English sparkling wine. These are two of the

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017, England

February 6, 2023April 28, 2023 jamiegoode 3128 Views Sparkling wine

Another really impressive English fizz. Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2017 Sussex, England12% alcohol. Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier aged

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Ridgeview Pinot Noir Sparkling Red Reserve NV England

December 16, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 3396 Views Sparkling wine

This is the first time I’ve tried a red sparkling wine from the UK, and it’s really good. Inspired by

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Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne
Features Latest 

Champagne ‘X’ and the complexity of pricing Champagne

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 jamiegoode

So here’s a story about a famous Champagne house and the pricing of their NV blend. I’m not naming them

Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of
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Sifnos: a gastronomic journey through the coolest Greek island that you probably haven’t heard of

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (3): lunch at Omega 3 and Loggia wine bar in Kastro

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 jamiegoode
Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas
Features Food and wine Greece Latest 

Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (2) Cheronissos, the journey begins, with lunch at Fish Tavern Fyssas

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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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