Skip to content
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Latest:
  • A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines
  • Highlights: Renyiyuan Tao Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Ningxia, China
  • Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried
  • Books: an impressive guide to Japanese Wine from Nick Rowan
  • Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
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

Profiles

Features Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Cartuxa, an important producer in Portugal’s Alentejo

October 12, 2022October 13, 2025 jamiegoode 6208 Views Alentejo

Website: Cartuxa One of the famous old table wines of Portugal is Pera Manca, which is made by the Cartuxa

Read more
Features Profiles South Africa 

Visiting Anthonij Rupert Wyne, L’Ormarins Estate, Franschhoek, South Africa

October 9, 2022October 26, 2022 jamiegoode 8186 Views

Website: Anthonij Rupert Wyne Antonij Rupert is the wine project based at L’Ormarins estate on the eastern boundary of Franschhoek,

Read more
Greece Profiles Regions 

Chloi Chatzivaryti: beautiful natural wines from Greece

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 jamiegoode 9116 Views

Chloi Chatzivaryti is making some very exciting wines from a subregion of Naoussa called Goumenissa. I first met her at

Read more
Features Latest Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Quinta de La Rosa, Douro, Portugal

August 18, 2022 jamiegoode 4923 Views Douro

Website: https://www.quintadelarosa.com/ Quinta de la Rosa is a beautiful Quinta, a short distance along the river from Pinhão, in the

Read more
Features Latest Profiles Regions South Africa 

The wines of David & Nadia, Swartland, South Africa

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 jamiegoode 7277 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

Website: https://davidnadia.com/ David and Nadia Sadie studied together and then got married in 2009. They both began working for different

Read more
Features Portugal Profiles 

The wines of Casa de Darei, Dão, Portugal

August 8, 2022 jamiegoode 5690 Views Dao

Website: http://casadedarei.pt/eng_index.html Back in 1997 José Ruivo bought a 140 hectare farm on the shores of the Dão river at

Read more
California Features Latest Profiles 

Donkey and Goat: Californian wines with a natural twist

August 2, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 10006 Views Natural wine

Jared and Tracey Brandt have an urban winery in Berkeley, California, called Donkey and Goat, which they started in 2003.

Read more
Alsace Features Profiles 

Rolly Gassmann: singular wines from Alsace

July 20, 2022 jamiegoode 6164 Views

Website: Domaine Rolly Gassmann Rolly Gassmann is one of the most singular producers in Alsace. They are based in Rorschwihr,

Read more
Profiles Regions South Africa 

Oldenburg, Banhoek, South Africa: Nic Van Aaarde is doing great work with this Stellenbosch producer

July 17, 2022August 3, 2022 jamiegoode 6038 Views Stellenbosch

Website: https://oldenburgvineyards.com/ There’s a special place in Stellenbosch, and it goes under two variants of the same name. Banghoek and

Read more
Canada Features Profiles Regions 

In Niagara (4) Cloudsley Cellars

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 jamiegoode 5162 Views

Website: https://cloudsleycellars.com/ Adam Lowy worked for premium Toronto-based importer Lifford Wines for a couple of decades before setting out on

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Features

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines
China Features Food and wine Latest 

A beautiful dinner at Lakeview Palace in Macau, matching Chinese food with some top Chinese wines

March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.wynnresortsmacau.com/en/wynn-palace/dining/lakeview-palace I arrived tonight in Macau in advance of judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards. We dined at

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried
Features Latest 

Another airline lounge raid, 12 wines tried

March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 jamiegoode
Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region
Features Latest New York State Profiles 

Apollo’s Praise: an exciting new producer in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region

March 3, 2026 jamiegoode
Porto in pictures, with a short film
Features Latest Portugal Videos 

Porto in pictures, with a short film

March 2, 2026March 2, 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