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The wines of 40 Knots, Vancouver Island, Canada

March 10, 2025September 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2082 Views Vancouver Island

Website: https://www.40knotswinery.com Vancouver Island is one of Canada’s lesser known wine regions, but it is gaining traction. It hit the

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Canada’s Exciting Western Edge: The Wine Islands

October 6, 2021October 21, 2021 Treve Ring 13307 Views british columbia, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Wine Islands

Though the Wine Islands are tiny in comparison to the mighty Okanagan Valley, they’re now a hotspot of wine for

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Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima completes its reinvention, and the new wines hit the spot
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Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima completes its reinvention, and the new wines hit the spot

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://cortesdecima.pt/en/ Alentejo producer Cortes de Cima has gone through quite a transformation since Anna Jørgensen (above) took over from

Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region
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Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region

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Goode’s crib sheets: Chablis
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Goode’s crib sheets: Chablis

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A brilliant wine dinner with friends at the Drapers Arms, with 15 interesting wines
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A brilliant wine dinner with friends at the Drapers Arms, with 15 interesting wines

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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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