New to wine – wineanorak.com

What is a grape variety? What is a clone? Unpacking the science

We talk a lot about clones and grape varieties. But what, precisely, do these terms mean? Let’s first define ‘variety’.

You’ve see them on the shelves of hip wine shops and on the lists of hot wine bars. They’re the

November 17, 2022March 7, 2023 jamiegoode 10536 Views

Wine is a product of fermentation. Yeasts eat the sugar in the grapes and from this produce alcohol. They also

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 jamiegoode 17564 Views

The main difference between red and white wine making is that fermentation for reds almost always takes place in the

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 jamiegoode 17312 Views

It’s wonderful to see an old vineyard. The vines, with their gnarly trunks, have been growing and producing grapes for

March 17, 2022May 15, 2022 Lisse Garnett 14411 Views

Dom Pérignon is a mere fable in the face of Saffer stalwart Pieter Ferreira. Famed for his monk-like dedication to

November 18, 2021 jamiegoode 21458 Views

There are lots of different ways of farming vineyards. Conventional, sustainable, organic, biodynamic – and now we have the newcomer

February 28, 2021 jamiegoode 18737 Views

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

The implications of the phylloxera crisis, which almost wiped out wine as we know it, are still being felt today.

An introduction to the sweet wine production process, looking at the different ways of making a sugar-rich, complex, balanced wine