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Features

Features Wine Science 

‘Tressage’: an alternative to hedging vines, that claims to have some benefits

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 jamiegoode 19778 Views Viticulture

In viticulture, a widely practiced form of leaf removal is hedging of the canopies, taking off the developing shoots at

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Champagne Features 

Non-vintage Champagne: comparing five top examples

April 11, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 42268 Views

Last week I watched an Instagram live session organized by Champagne retailer The Finest Bubble. Champagne expert Essi Avellan led

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Features Latest 

Tastings in the time of ISO

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 jamiegoode 5790 Views

These times of isolation have led to a proliferation of virtual meet-ups, using various tools. There’s Zoom with its security

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Features Portugal TOP STORIES 

Made in clay (2): Talha day, a festival of amphora wines

April 8, 2020January 18, 2021 jamiegoode 6949 Views Amphora

Here are the rest of our notes for wines tasted at Amphora Wine Day in the Alentejo in November 2019.

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Features South Africa Wine Science 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (1): the vineyard

April 7, 2020June 14, 2021 jamiegoode 11614 Views swartland, Viticulture

Over the last 20 years (first vintage 2000), Eben Sadie has established himself as one of South Africa’s leading winegrowers.

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Features Latest Portugal 

Made in clay (1): Talha Day, a festival of amphora wines

April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 jamiegoode 10699 Views Amphora

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring attend Amphora Wine Day at Herdade do Rocim in the Alentejo, Portugal. In this two

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Features Spain TOP STORIES 

Sal da Terra, in search of the perfect Albariño

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 jamiegoode 9514 Views Albarino

Back in June 2018 I travelled to Galicia with chums Daniel Primack and Ben Henshaw. We were on a mission:

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Features Wine Science 

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

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 jamiegoode 21140 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 10068 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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Canada Features 

Canadian Pinot Noir, a seminar

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 jamiegoode 8011 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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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)
Features Poland 

Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna (updated with fresh notes, 2026)

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 jamiegoode

Website: https://www.winnicamoderna.pl/ Winnica Moderna is based in Poland’s Lower Silesian region, which is one of the warmest parts of the

A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
Features Latest Spain 

A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 jamiegoode
Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards
Canada Features Latest Profiles 

Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (15) Meyer Family Vineyards

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 jamiegoode
Rheingau riesling tasting
Features Germany Latest Regions 

Rheingau Riesling: tasting through some of the best examples at the VDP tasting 2026

September 8, 2026September 8, 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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