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New to wine: grape varieties (1) Sauvignon Blanc

March 29, 2020May 1, 2020 jamiegoode 11160 Views Sauvignon Blanc

As we have discussed here before, there are two ways of understanding wine: the grapes and the geography. So let’s

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England Profiles 

Flint Vineyard, an exciting new producer from East Anglia, England

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 jamiegoode 8985 Views

Ben and Hannah Witchell are the dudes behind Flint Vineyard, which is based in south Norfolk. They caught the wine

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Wine science: powdery mildew, the wine world’s biggest problem

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 jamiegoode 21192 Views

Anyone who’s ever tried to grow grape vines without spraying them will probably have come across powdery mildew. It’s the

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Features South of France Videos 

In the Languedoc: Vignoble du Loup Blanc

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 10125 Views Languedoc

Jamie Goode visits this dynamic producer in France’s Minervois region, making some lovely wines from 17 hectares of biodynamically farmed

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Latest Portugal Profiles 

Quinta da Carolina, Douro, Portugal

March 25, 2020 jamiegoode 10234 Views Douro

Jamie Goode reviews the wines of Quinta da Carolina, a small quinta taking a new, more interesting direction Luis Pedro

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Australia Highlights 

Highlights: Timo Meyer Gamay 2018 Yarra

March 24, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 5419 Views Gamay

I’m such a fan of Gamay, as regular readers will know. I even embarked on an ambitious series on Gamay

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Wine Science 

Drosophila suzukii, the bad fruit fly

March 22, 2020 jamiegoode 9616 Views

The common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a common feature around wineries at harvest. These tiny flies seem to get

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Food and wine Japan 

Soba noodles at Katase, Azumino-Ikeda in Japan’s Nagano region

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020 jamiegoode 7115 Views Restaurants

One of the specialities of the mountainous Nagano prefecture (also known as Shinshu) is Soba noodles. These are made from

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Profiles Uruguay Videos 

In Uruguay: visiting Viña Edén in Maldonado

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 jamiegoode 10237 Views

For my second visit in Uruguay, I headed to the hills of Pueblo Edén, 20 km from the coast near

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Highlights South Africa 

Highlights: Lelie van Saron Chardonnay 2017 Hemel-en-Aarde

March 18, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 6876 Views Chardonnay

Natasha Williams is a winemaker who works for Bosman, but she also has her own label, Lelie van Saron. This,

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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya

September 23, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
Features Germany Latest 

Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 jamiegoode
Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
Champagne Features Latest Portugal Regions 

Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes

September 16, 2026 jamiegoode
Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday
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Going to the football? Like good wine? A tasting trip through Islington’s wine bars pairs well with tickets for a north London matchday

September 14, 2026 jamiegoode

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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.

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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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