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Introducing phylloxera, the aphid that changed the face of wine

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 jamiegoode 28631 Views

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

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How sweet wines are made

January 24, 2021February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 28281 Views sweet wines

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

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Cheap wines are too good these days

December 8, 2020 jamiegoode 16722 Views

This may sound a strange complaint. Over recent decades, cheap wines have got better. How is that not good news?

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Is this wine good?

November 26, 2020February 17, 2021 jamiegoode 11800 Views

People often seem to lack confidence around wine. Should they be trusting their own conclusions rather than asking for expert

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Five things every wine consumer should know

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 jamiegoode 14630 Views

Great tasters are made not born Knowledge isn’t compulsory, but it enhances enjoyment ‘Quality’ in wine is context dependent Your

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Features New to wine 

Wine struggles to speak to most people

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 jamiegoode 15583 Views

Last night I did a zoom wine tasting for my brother and his wife, and some of his friends. They

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New to wine: grape varieties (1) Sauvignon Blanc

March 29, 2020May 1, 2020 jamiegoode 9851 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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What’s all this talk about ‘yields’?

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 jamiegoode 20587 Views

You don’t have to hang around wine circles too long to hear talk of ‘yields’, and generally, the sentiment is

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Bordeaux: an introduction to the world’s most famous wine region

November 15, 2019 jamiegoode 13091 Views

Continuing my ‘new to wine’ series with an introduction to Bordeaux, in southwest France. We’ve discussed already that there are

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Tasting is a relationship

November 5, 2019November 11, 2019 jamiegoode 6591 Views

When we taste wine, we aren’t acting as measuring devices Before we get to look at wine in detail, please

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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 jamiegoode

Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their

Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines

October 27, 2025 jamiegoode
Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 jamiegoode
Tarrawarra winery, Yarra Valley
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 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.

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.

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