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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Les Pervenches: stunning natural wines from Québec’s Chardonnay Pioneer

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 11342 Views Chardonnay, Quebec

Once just a tourist industry making wines for local consumption, Québec’s wine scene is beginning to wake up, led by

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Canada Videos 

Video: In Québec, visiting top producer Les Pervenches

April 22, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 5624 Views

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

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Tawse Quarry Road Chardonnay 2011 Niagara, Canada

April 11, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6496 Views Chardonnay

Jamie Goode tastes an 8 year old Chardonnay from Canada’s Niagara wine region. It’s the Tawse Quarry Road from Vinemount

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Canada Highlights 

Highlight: Therianthropy David Eagle Gamay 2018

March 23, 2020April 23, 2020 Treve Ring 6315 Views Gamay, Michel Tolmer, Ontario

Therianthropy is the mythical process of shapeshifting, which is another way to view turning nature into wine. This small collaborative

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Canada Features 

Canadian Pinot Noir, a seminar

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 jamiegoode 7249 Views pinot noir

Pinot Noir has found a home in Canada’s wine regions. Last July, Treve Ring and I led a seminar on

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Canada Profiles 

Lightning Rock, an impressive new producer from Canada’s Okanagan

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 jamiegoode 8267 Views okanagan

This is a relatively new project from Canada’s Okanagan Valley. Jordan Kubek and Tyler Knight are partners in wine and

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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Le Vieux Pin, La Stella, Artakama: star wineries from Canada’s Okanagan

February 19, 2020December 23, 2024 jamiegoode 11841 Views bc wine, british columbia, canada, okanagan, syrah

I visited Le Vieux Pin in late August 2020, and tasted through current and upcoming releases with Severine and assistant

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Canada 

Ten top Canadian wines tasted

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 jamiegoode 6077 Views

Today I tasted some Canadian wines seeking representation in the UK, at an event organized by the Government of Canada/UK

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: two sparkling wines from Fitzpatrick, Okanagan, Canada

February 5, 2020February 7, 2020 jamiegoode 5353 Views okanagan, Sparkling wine

Fitzpatrick Fitz Blanc de Blanc 2015 Okanagan, Canada12% alcohol. The Fitzpatrick family owned Cedar Creek, and when they sold to

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Canada Highlights 

Highlights: Tawse Chardonnay 2013 Niagara, Canada

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 jamiegoode 4093 Views Chardonnay, Niagara

Tawse are one of Niagara’s leading wineries, and this Chardonnay really delivers. From biodynamically farmed vineyards, this is newly available

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New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Features Profiles South Africa 

New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 jamiegoode

Radford Dale are producing some very smart wines at the moment. They are getting the style right (aiming for freshness

Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca
Chile Features Latest 

Casa Marin, one of Chile’s top boutique wineries making cool climate gems in their own DO, Lo Abarca

December 16, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps
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Yarra Valley (11) Giant Steps

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (10) Bobar
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Yarra Valley (10) Bobar

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 jamiegoode

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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.

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

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