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Canada

Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

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

February 19, 2020December 23, 2024 jamiegoode 12805 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 6417 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 5664 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 4388 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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Canada Profiles 

Alternative Okanagan: Anthony Buchanan Wines

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 jamiegoode 8137 Views okanagan

Canada’s Okanagan Valley has lots of different wineries, ranging from big operations to tiny boutique ones. On a recent trip

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judgment of BC
Canada Features TOP STORIES 

The judgment of BC, 2019

October 31, 2019December 14, 2019 jamiegoode 10107 Views

How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie

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Features

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties
Features Latest New Zealand 

Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode

The Marris dynasty are an important part of Marlborough’s past, present, and surely future. John Marris was the land agent

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Features Latest Regions South Africa 

Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay

May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 jamiegoode
Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
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Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria

May 10, 2026May 12, 2026 jamiegoode
La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Features Italy Latest Regions 

La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers

May 9, 2026May 9, 2026 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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