Skip to content
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Latest:
  • Niepoort launch their amazing 2019 Vintage Port
  • Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini
  • Vivant: a new interactive online wine experience
  • Highlights: Mullineux Iron Syrah 2018 Swartland, South Africa
  • Discovering the wines of Uruguay: Cerro Chapeu/Castel Pujol, the wines of the Carrau family
wineanorak.com

wineanorak.com

online wine magazine

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

syrah

Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Mullineux Iron Syrah 2018 Swartland, South Africa

April 8, 2021 jamiegoode 379 Views swartland, syrah

Mullineux is one of the Swartland’s most important wineries. In 2011 they launched two terroir-specific Syrahs: Schist and Granite. In

Read more
Highlights Latest Rhone 

Highlights: Chapoutier Sicamor Crozes-Hermitage 2018 Northern Rhône

February 6, 2021February 7, 2021 jamiegoode 970 Views syrah

So impressed with this wine. It’s a relatively new release from Chapoutier, and it has a wonderful wild intensity to

Read more
France Highlights Latest 

Highlights: François Villard L’appel des Sereines Syrah 2017, Northern Rhône, France

January 20, 2021 Treve Ring 879 Views Northern Rhone, syrah

François Villard is well known in the Northern Rhone for his masterful and poetic Côte-Rôtie and Saint-Joseph. Starting off his

Read more
California Highlights 

Highlights: The Ojai Vineyard Syrah 2017 Santa Barbara County, California

January 6, 2021January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 1232 Views syrah

Syrah from a cool-ish climate in California. It’s a variety you’d think would be thriving in California, but it hasn’t

Read more
Highlights Portugal 

Highlights: Cortes de Cima Incógnito 2013 Alentejo, Portugal

December 6, 2020December 23, 2020 jamiegoode 1443 Views Alentejo, syrah

There’s an interesting story behind this wine. Incógnito is the famous Syrah made by Cortes de Cima, first produced in

Read more
Highlights Rhone 

Highlights: Jean-Luc Jamet Valine 2018 Collines-Rhodaniennes, France

October 28, 2020November 14, 2020 jamiegoode 1301 Views syrah

The Jamet story is not a straightforward one. Brothers Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul worked together for many years at Domaine Jamet,

Read more
Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Reynvaan In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla

May 2, 2020 jamiegoode 1257 Views syrah

Reynvaan Family Vineyards In The Rocks Syrah 2016 Walla Walla, Washington State13.5% alcohol. This is so distinctive, and quite beautiful.

Read more
Highlights Latest Washington State 

Highlights: Gramercy Cellars John Lewis Syrah 2012 Washington State

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 jamiegoode 874 Views syrah

So, tonight I did my first Instagram Live session. It was the first of a new Wine Zones series from

Read more
Profiles Washington State 

Washington State wine: Gramercy Cellars, Walla Walla

March 12, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 2079 Views syrah

Greg Harrington has the coveted Master Sommelier (MS) qualification (he got it aged just 26), and in 2005 he started

Read more
Canada Latest Profiles TOP STORIES 

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

February 19, 2020October 7, 2020 jamiegoode 2530 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

Read more
  • ← Previous

Features

Niepoort launch their amazing 2019 Vintage Port
Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Niepoort launch their amazing 2019 Vintage Port

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 jamiegoode

Niepoort have launched their 2019 Vintage Port, in a tasting beamed live from the Niepoort Lodge in Vila Nova de

Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini
Features South Africa 

Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 jamiegoode
Vivant: a new interactive online wine experience
Alsace Features 

Vivant: a new interactive online wine experience

April 8, 2021 jamiegoode
Mediadoping: how some social media influencers aren’t playing fair
Features Latest 

Mediadoping: how some social media influencers aren’t playing fair

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 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

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 © 2021 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