Skip to content
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Latest:
  • Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
  • Video: Can an £8 (€9.25, US$10.85) Champagne be any good?
  • Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
  • Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
  • Highlights: Mosse Chenin 2023 Vin de France
wineanorak.com

wineanorak.com

online wine magazine

  • blog
    • Jamie Goode’s Wine Blog
    • My old blog: 2006-2010
  • Videos
  • Regions
  • New to wine
  • Profiles
  • Food and wine
  • Features
  • Travel
  • Wine Science
  • Highlights

Author: jamiegoode

Features TOP STORIES Wine Science 

The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 jamiegoode 39534 Views

Mouse taint (mousiness) is a wine fault that I’d not experienced until a few years ago. Now it seems to

Read more
China Features 

Lenz Moser and his Chinese dream: Changyu Moser XV

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 11171 Views

Isolation means no travel, but thanks to Zoom, Instagram and various other video-capable apps, that doesn’t stop wine journalists like

Read more
Highlights South of France Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Jones Fitou Vieilles Vignes 2017

April 23, 2020April 29, 2020 jamiegoode 7495 Views Fitou

Fitou is an appellation in France’s Languedoc region, where red blends dominate, and Carignan is a major player in these

Read more
Canada Videos 

Video: In Québec, visiting top producer Les Pervenches

April 22, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5981 Views

Jamie Goode heads to Québec, in Canada. Here, winegrowers face significant challenges if they are to grow Vitis vinifera varieties,

Read more
Beaujolais Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Chapel Beaujolais Villages 2018

April 21, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 7183 Views Gamay

I visited David Chapel and Michel-Smith Chapel in their new winery in 2018. They’d only recently started out: 2016 was

Read more
Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (2) in the cellar, and tasting the wines

April 20, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 15646 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste with Eben Sadie, and visit the winery where some of South Africa’s most sought-after

Read more
England Videos 

Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 5294 Views Chardonnay

The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late

Read more
Domaine Rougeot
Burgundy Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Domaine Rougeot ‘Les Plumes’ Bourgogne Aligoté 2018

April 19, 2020 jamiegoode 7572 Views

This is from a 1.5 hectare vineyard next to Meursault, planted in 1974. Pierre-Henri Rougeot bottles the whole lot without

Read more
Wine Science 

Ropiness in wine, a new fault for me

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 jamiegoode 29622 Views wine fault

There are faults you read about but you’ve never experienced. Here I experience ropiness for the first time, in a

Read more
Latest Profiles Uruguay 

In Uruguay: De Lucca

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 jamiegoode 6523 Views

Jamie Goode visits De Lucca in Uruguay’s main wine region, Canelones. The family influence is Italian, but Dr Reinaldo De

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Features

Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Features Food and wine Latest 

Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
Features Latest Portugal 

Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Features Latest Switzerland 

Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni

May 2, 2026 jamiegoode
Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Features Latest Poland 

Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 jamiegoode

Regions

  • Champagne
  • Burgundy
  • Bordeaux
  • Douro
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • South Africa
  • Australia

About Us

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.

As an Amazon Associate this website earns from qualifying purchases (for example, the links for purchasing books). Wineanorak also earns from Google AdSense display advertising.

You can contact Jamie at drjamiegoode@gmail.com Also, through my accounts at Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon

Country profiles

  • South Africa
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • France
  • Spain
  • USA
  • Australia

Contributors

  • Jamie Goode, Chief Anorak
  • Treve Ring, Correspondent Anorak
  • Lisse Garnett, Under Anorak
And here you can SUBSCRIBE to the wineanorak mailing list - once a month updates, with some more private content just for subscribers

My books

Copyright © 2026 wineanorak.com. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkPrivacy policy