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16 things you need to know about grape vine trunk disease

July 5, 2020October 19, 2020 jamiegoode 19675 Views

A quick primer on one of the major viticultural challenges worldwide. 1 Trunk diseases are a major problem worldwide. Famed

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Portugal Profiles TOP STORIES 

Taboadella, an exciting new winery from Portugal’s Dão region

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 jamiegoode 8689 Views Dao

The Amorim Group’s main activity is cork, but they are now getting increasingly involved in wine production. For 20 years,

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Bordeaux Profiles TOP STORIES 

In Bordeaux: Château Pedesclaux is a Pauillac star reborn

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 jamiegoode 9501 Views

Pedesclaux is a Bordeaux Château that has been transformed. I visited in March 2019 with the director Vincent Bache-Gabrielsen and

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Highlights: Mountford Estate The Rise Pinot Noir 2015 North Canterbury, New Zealand

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 jamiegoode 7007 Views

Mountford Estate’s story is an interesting one. They established a big reputation for their wines under winemaker CP Lin: the

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Portugal TOP STORIES 

Kopke Colheita Ports: a historic tasting going back to 1940

June 17, 2020June 23, 2020 jamiegoode 7490 Views Douro, Port

It’s not often you get to try wines from 1980, 1960 and 1940 in one tasting. Well, that’s what I

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

Méthode Cap Classique Report

May 22, 2020June 4, 2021 Treve Ring 20703 Views Sparkling wine

Goode and Ring report on South Africa’s most vibrant wine category: MCC (for Méthode Cap Classique, the name used for

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In pursuit of Aligoté: visiting Les Champs des Themis, Bouzeron

May 3, 2020May 15, 2021 jamiegoode 9683 Views Aligote

Jamie Goode visits Xavier Moissenet, who’s making some amazing Aligoté in Bouzeron – Bourgogne’s appellation devoted to the grape. He

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Canada Profiles TOP STORIES 

Les Pervenches: stunning natural wines from Québec’s Chardonnay Pioneer

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 jamiegoode 11758 Views Chardonnay, Quebec

Once just a tourist industry making wines for local consumption, Québec’s wine scene is beginning to wake up, led by

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The latest on mouse, the wine taint of our times

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 jamiegoode 38533 Views

Mouse taint (mousiness) is a wine fault that I’d not experienced until a few years ago. Now it seems to

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Features South Africa TOP STORIES 

In the Swartland with Eben Sadie (2) in the cellar, and tasting the wines

April 20, 2020April 23, 2020 jamiegoode 15230 Views swartland

Jamie Goode and Treve Ring taste with Eben Sadie, and visit the winery where some of South Africa’s most sought-after

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Four lovely wines at the Drapers Arms: Momento, Suertes, Rougeard, Corleone
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Four lovely wines at the Drapers Arms: Momento, Suertes, Rougeard, Corleone

February 26, 2026 jamiegoode

Four of us gathered at The Drapers Arms to do some playing with the Josephinenhütte wine glasses, and then we

Some top fizz from Berry Bros & Rudd, UK and Champagne
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Some top fizz from Berry Bros & Rudd, UK and Champagne

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 jamiegoode
New Zealand Pinot Noir is in a good place! Tasting 27 examples from across the country
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New Zealand Pinot Noir is in a good place! Tasting 27 examples from across the country

February 25, 2026 jamiegoode
Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile
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Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile

February 23, 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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