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England Highlights Latest 

Highlights: Harrow & Hope Blanc de Blancs 2017 England

August 4, 2022August 6, 2022 jamiegoode 3270 Views Sparkling wine

Website: Harrow & Hope Harrow & Hope Blanc de Blancs 2017 England12% alcohol. This is from chalk and flint soils

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Canada Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Ontario Sparkling Wine: tasting 29 different wines from Niagara and Prince Edward County, Canada

July 31, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6415 Views Sparkling wine

Canada’s Ontario wine regions have quite a talent for sparkling wine, and this is becoming quite an important category. Here

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Westwell Wicken Foy NV England

July 16, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 4015 Views Sparkling wine

This is a new traditional method sparkling wine from innovative low-intervention winegrower Westwell, based in Kent, England Westwell Wicken Foy

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Portugal Videos 

Video: disgorging and bottling Pet Nat at Folias de Baco winery in Portugal’s Douro

July 7, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 3977 Views Pet Nat, Sparkling wine

Pet Nat is a popular style of sparkling wine these days. The name stands for Petillant Naturel, and the process

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Raventós i Blanc Mas del Serral: Pepe Raventós presents Spain’s premier fizz

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 jamiegoode 5481 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.raventos.com/ ‘This is the first presentation of the project of my dreams,’ says Pepe Raventós as he introduces us

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England Features Profiles 

Catching up with Nyetimber, England’s Sparkling Champion

April 13, 2022May 15, 2022 Treve Ring 6464 Views Sparkling wine

As has been widely chronicled, Nyetimber is the largest, and best known English sparkling wine producer, and their growth and

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Highlights Italy Latest 

Highlights: Cantina Arceto Migliolungo Lambrusco NV, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

April 9, 2022April 11, 2022 Treve Ring 3694 Views Emilia-Romagna, Lambrusco, Sparkling wine

More than 40 different ancient, traditional red grapes go into this Lambrusco, with 21 of these different varieties of Lambrusco

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Features Italy Profiles 

In Franciacorta: Cortefusia, an exciting new project

December 12, 2021January 30, 2022 jamiegoode 3779 Views Franciacorta, Sparkling wine

Website: http://www.cortefusia.com/home/ Cortefusia is one of the most exciting projects in Franciacorta. It’s a collaboration between Daniele Gentile (winemaker) and

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England Highlights 

Highlights: Louis Pommery Brut NV England

June 10, 2021August 1, 2021 jamiegoode 5369 Views Sparkling wine

Champagne Pommery made the news in 2014 when they decided to start an operation in Hampshire, England, in partnership with

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Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs
England Highlights Regions 

Highlights: Rathfinny Blanc de Blancs Brut 2017 Sussex, England

April 24, 2021April 26, 2021 jamiegoode 3654 Views Chardonnay, Sparkling wine

Rathfinny are a significant new-ish entry into the English sparkling wine scene, with their vines first going into the ground

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Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples
California Features Latest Regions 

Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 jamiegoode

My first real encounter with Zinfandel was reading an excellent book by US author David Darlington, titled Angels’ Visits, and

The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal

June 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)
Features Portugal Profiles Regions 

Visiting Folias de Baco, a Douro winery making compelling natural wines under the Uivo brand (updated June 2025)

June 14, 2025June 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?
Features Latest TOP STORIES 

Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 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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