Skip to content
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Latest:
  • Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley
  • Highlights: Graham Beck Cuvée Clive 2018 Western Cape, South Africa
  • Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
  • Crafted in BC Wines Extended through 2025 Vintage
  • Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
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

Videos

South Africa Videos 

Tasting some highlights from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 jamiegoode 5829 Views

Jamie Goode, Greg Sherwood and Lisse Garnett taste some of the wines from the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2021, which

Read more
South Africa Videos 

Video: visiting Roundstone, the home farm of Mullineux, in South Africa’s Swartland region – intelligent viticulture in action

July 24, 2021 jamiegoode 5816 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring visit Roundstone. It’s the home farm of Mullineux in South Africa’s Swartland wine region. Chris

Read more
England Videos 

Video: visiting Busi-Jacobsohn, a new sparkling wine producer in East Sussex, England

July 15, 2021 jamiegoode 3909 Views

You can read a full write-up of the visit here https://wineanorak.com/2021/06/22/busi-jacobsohn-and-exciting-new-english-sparkling-wine-producer/

Read more
Features Japan Regions Videos 

New wines from Château Mercian, a leading Japanese winery

March 6, 2021March 9, 2021 jamiegoode 9946 Views

I have visited Château Mercian a couple of times before. They have wineries in both of Japan’s major wine regions,

Read more
New to wine Videos 

Video: how wine is made

February 28, 2021 jamiegoode 24272 Views

Jamie Goode explains how wine is made, with clips of the process in action from around the wine world.

Read more
Spain Videos 

Video: with Ramiro Ibáñez of Bodega Cota 45 (UBE, Pangorda, Agostado)

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 jamiegoode 6541 Views sherry

There is a revolution afoot in the Marco de Jerez (the Sherry Triangle that includes Jerez, El Puerto and Sanlúcar).

Read more
Videos 

My sake journey

February 12, 2021March 4, 2021 jamiegoode 5626 Views

I’ve decided that it’s time for me to start studying sake formally. I’ve been to Japan several times, and even

Read more
New Zealand Videos 

Video: Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer

January 31, 2021February 3, 2021 jamiegoode 6615 Views Chardonnay

A film from a visit to Kumeu River in west Auckland, New Zealand. The Brajkovich family started making wine here

Read more
Portugal Videos 

Video and notes: tasting five Ports from Ramos Pinto

January 19, 2021January 23, 2021 jamiegoode 5184 Views Port

Jamie Goode tastes five ports from Ramos Pinto: white, 20 year old tawny, LBV and then the 1995 and 1997

Read more
Champagne Highlights Videos 

Highlights: Champagne Krug Rosé NV France

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 5629 Views

Champagne Krug Rosé NV France12.5% alcohol. This is 29% 2012, with 71% from reserve wines. In all, 22 wines from

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Features

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich
Features Latest 

Tasting some wines from Bolivia: Jardín Oculto and Yokich

September 28, 2025 jamiegoode

I’ve tasted a lot of wines before, but this was the first time I’d tried any from Bolivia. Nayan Gowda,

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range
Champagne Features Latest Regions TOP STORIES 

Champagne Salon and Delamotte: the 2015 Salon release, and a look at the current Delamotte range

September 26, 2025September 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 
Features France France Latest 

Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones 

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Lisse Garnett
The Judgement of Cape Town
Features Latest South Africa 

The Judgement of Cape Town

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Treve Ring

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 © 2025 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